Lassiter, James Ralph
Title
Lassiter, James Ralph
Last Name
Lassiter
First and Middle Name
James Ralph
Hometown
Suffolk, Virginia
County and/or State
Nansemond
Birth Date
May 6, 1894
Birthplace
Baltimore, MD
Death Date
Jan. 21, 1956
Cause of Death
Heart attack
Place of Death
Santa Fe, NM
Parents
Julius M. Lassiter & Harriet Savage Lassiter
Siblings
Stanley N. Lassiter, Ethel Lassiter Yost
Spouse(s)
Kathleen Covington Tompkins
Children
Kathleen Lassiter Manscill, Harriet Lassiter Hehr
VPI Graduating Class
1916
Undergraduate Major
Civil Engineering
Graduated
Yes
Service Branch
Signal Corps
Rank
Student Aviator, Pvt. (Wagoneer)
Military Events
Noted in The Virginia Tech, as being a student aviator as of 31 January 1918.
Postwar Life
Civil Engineer, City of Norfolk; Engineer, National Park Service; Superintendent Shenandoah H National Park; Regional Engineer Southwest Region, NPS.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Lassiter, James Ralph,” VPI in World War I, accessed April 26, 2024, https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/47.
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