https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/a0bfb1513e86e3aa0aa43c0e8e64ea5a.jpg 33e17f5c25b228c1c77ef40a00bde542 https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/9e000ee6120bce2b568283f94b89f95a.jpg 06d806c8a95c0ce8f23a94cb1bb0ab72 https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/68782c977de97f86ba7234ece8d93696.jpg 7216c5dd0b220b0020035b9d26424e46 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 1917 Description An account of the resource This collection contains the profiles of all World War One veterans from the VPI Class of 1917. Person An individual. Last Name Bedinger First and Middle Name Samuel Davies Nicknames or Other Names "Betty" Birth Date 4/3/1893 Birthplace AL Hometown Phenix, VA VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1917 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Agriculture Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Y 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? Y Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Secound Lieutenant Retired Rank What military rank did this individual hold upon retirement? Colonel Death Date 1/14/1968 Cause of Death Coronary insufficiency w/ cardiac arrest Place of Death Richmond, VA Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Fought in World War One and World War Two Retired 10/31/1947 Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Continued to serve 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? Infantry Additional Notes Ancestors descended from Alsace, Germany and came to the United States and settled in Pennsylvania. Transferred from Hampden-Sidney County and/or State Charlotte County, Virginia Parents Benjamin Franklin Bedinger (1854-1938) Martha 'Mattie' Frances Piatt (1852-1893) ) Siblings Lucas Piatt Bedinger (1881-1909) Ida Louise Bedinger (1883-1906) Neal Anderson Bedinger (Half-brother) (1901-1975) Joseph Edward Bedinger (Half-brother) (1903-1977) Henrietta Lee Bedinger (Half-sister) (1906-2001) Anne Rutherford Bedinger (Half-sister) (1909-1998) Sarah Everett Bedinger (Half-sister) (1911-1993) John Calvin Bedinger (Half-brother) (1914-1985) Laura Preston Bedinger (Half-sister) (1919-1998) Spouse(s) Anne Latane Ware (1893-1997) Children Anne Davies Bedinger (1920-2007) Robert Wright Bedinger Sr. (1925-2011) Decorations or Citations Commendation Ribbon Bibliography Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Ancestry.com. Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Contributing Researchers Gillian Barth 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 Bedinger, Samuel Davies