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Last Name Faulconer First and Middle Name John Waller, Jr. Hometown Tappahannock, Virginia VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1912 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Civil Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? 315th Field Artillery Regiment, 80th Division Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Began war as a 2nd Lieutenant, promoted to 1st Lieutenant, and then to Captain. Bibliography <ul><li>John Waller Faulconer, Jr. to <em>The Virginia Tech</em>, 15 September 1918 (published in <em>The Virginia Tech </em>on 28 November 1918), Blacksburg, Virginia, pg. 2.</li> <li><a href="https://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/bugle/bugl1912/1912_BUGLE.pdf">1912 VPI Bugle</a>, yearbook</li> <li>US Select Military Registers 1862-1985</li> <li>1900 US Federal Census</li> <li>Florida Divorce Index</li> <li>North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1976</li> </ul> Battles or Engagements What battles or engagements was this individual involved in during World War One? Meuse-Argonne Offensive Nicknames or Other Names Poky County and/or State Essex County, Virginia Birth Date 11 September 1892 Birthplace Virginia Death Date 18 September 1971 Cause of Death Central Thrombosis Place of Death Southern Pines, Moore County, North Carolina Parents John Waller Faulconer and Carrie Colgin Jones Siblings Marguerrite Faulconer, Carrie R. Faulconer and Bettie Faulconer Spouse(s) Sylvia Dornche Retired Rank What military rank did this individual hold upon retirement? Honorably Discharged as Captain Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Participated in the Meusse-Argonne Offensive Contributing Researchers Gregory Milhiser Biographical Text <div style="text-align:center;"><em>“At a given time to the second, we poured a terrific rain of our heavy high explosive shells...into a wood filled with enemy machine guns, killed or ran out the entire crew...Ah! It was a magnificent affair”</em></div> <div style="text-align:center;"><em>-Captain John Faulconer describing combat in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive</em></div> <span><span><br /></span></span> <p><span>John Waller Faulconer, from Tappahannock, Virginia,  graduated as part of the Virginia Polytechnic Class of 1912. Nicknamed “Poky”, he studied Civil Engineering, where he excelled academically. A Company Commander in Company D of the Corps of Cadets, Faulconer also worked as Business Manager of the </span><span>Bugle</span><span>, the VPI yearbook.</span></p> <p><span>Just months after the war began, Faulconer joined the United States Army on June 5, 1917 as a Second Lieutenant. Faulconer was assigned as a battery commander with the 315th Field Artillery Regiment, 80th Division. With the 315th, Faulconer participated in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive</span><span>.  </span></p> <p><span>On the evening of September 9, 1918, Faulconer and his unit arrived on the battlefield and began preparations for the upcoming Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Under the cover of night and poor weather, the 315th built their gun positions. He described the work as harder than any he ever done before. But he wrote that the hard work was also reassuring because it meant that him and his unit would have some protection from returning German artillery fire. When the Meuse-Argonne Offensive began, Faulconer and his unit poured an incredible amount of artillery fire into German lines in preparation for the infantry advance. During the six hours of shelling before the infantry advance, American artillery units expended more ammunition than was spent by both sides during the entirety of the American Civil War.</span></p> <span><span>He was Honorably Discharged with the rank of Captain at the end of the war. He later <span><span>married Sylvia Dornche and moved to Southern Pines, North Carolina, where he died on September 18, 1971.</span></span><br /></span></span> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faulconer, John Waller Jr.