https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/7ff06b335b008aad743205e3114fbfeb.jpg d8c4ea0ad81b8e454dacd2862294e6ec 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 VPI Class of 1914 Person An individual. Last Name Royer First and Middle Name John Whittier VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1914 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Second Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army, National Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? 111th Machine Gun Battalion, 29th Division Hometown Roanoke, Virginia Birth Date 22 February 1895 Birthplace Roanoke, Virginia Death Date 22 March 1978 Place of Death Pasco, Florida Parents Oliver Howard Royer and Helen Elizabeth Smith Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? No, but did attend VPI during the 1910-1911 school year. Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Served overseas from 15 June 1918 to 24 March 1919, discharged on 1 April 1919. 1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page? Yes Bibliography <ul> <li>Virginia, U.S., Department of Military Affairs Records, 1876-1947 for John Whittier Royer (see attached file)</li> </ul> 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 Royer, John Whittier