Light, Robert Cornelius

Title

Light, Robert Cornelius

Last Name

Light

First and Middle Name

Robert Cornelius

Nicknames or Other Names

Bobby

Hometown

Evington, Virginia

County and/or State

Campbell

Birth Date

September 5, 1894

Birthplace

Evington, Virginia

Death Date

August 1974

Place of Death

West Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana

Parents

Haden Light and Emma Florence Light nee Shaver

Siblings

Minnie, Haden Jacob, second sister (Laray?)
*First two sibling names are from an Ancestry.com family tree, last sibling name is from the 1910 census

VPI Graduating Class

1916

Undergraduate Major

Agriculture

Graduated

Yes

Service Branch

Army

Unit

Infantry

Rank

2nd Lieutenant

Contributing Researchers

Alden Anthony VT Class of 2020

Bibliography

Ancestry.com

Files

Robert Cornelius Light senior portrait from the 1916 Bugle.jpg
Robert Cornelius Light picture from the 1916 Bugle.jpg
Robert Cornelius Light from the 1916 Bugle.jpg

Collection

Citation

“Light, Robert Cornelius,” VPI in World War I, accessed November 23, 2024, https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/50.

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