4 20 73 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 1920 Person An individual. Last Name Deaton First and Middle Name H. H. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? N/a Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Naval Reserve Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? N/a 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 Deaton, H. H. 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 1920 Person An individual. Last Name Dean First and Middle Name Frederick VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Second Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Reserve Officers Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Infantry Hometown Newport News County and/or State Warwick County, Virginia Birth Date March 24, 1896 Contributing Researchers The Bugle-1916 ancestry.com Birthplace West Virginia Parents Charles H. Dean and Elizabeth Straining Dean Siblings Lottie Milton, John T. Dean, Charles Dean, George Dean, Eva Dean, Frank Dean, and James E. Dean Death Date September 26, 1981 Spouse(s) Lucille B. Dean Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? 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Last Name Clemmer First and Middle Name Jay Frank Nicknames or Other Names Jay VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Second Lieutenant Death Date August 2, 1918 Cause of Death Died of Wounds Place of Death France - buried in the Somme American Cemetery Other Events What other significant events, outside of the military, occurred in this individual's life? Training May 1917 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? Company I, 318th Infantry, 80th Division Additional Notes Vice President of the Freshmen class in 1917 (?) Member of the Augusta Military Academy Club at VPI Contributing Researchers Grace Barth Hometown Staunton, Virginia County and/or State Augusta County, Virginia Birth Date Apr. 1895 Birthplace Virginia Spouse(s) single Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? No, died of wounds in 1918 in France Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? On July 27, 1918 Clemmer and his unit were attached to front line battalions of British units of the 17th British Division along the Ancre River between Martinsart and Bouzincourt until August 12th. During that time the troops of the 318th attached in support of the British witnessed extremely heavy bombardment by German artillery. During that time 2nd Lieutenant Jay F. Clemmer Jr. was mortally wounded on August 1 while conducting his platoon into the line. The following day he died in a Canadian Hospital in Doullens on August 2, the first officer of the entire 318th Regiment to lose their life in World War I. Bibliography <ul> <li>Ancestry.com</li> <li>1918 VPI Bugle, Virginia Tech Special Collections</li> <li>United States Federal Census U.S.</li> <li>World War I Draft Registration Cards</li> <li>1917-18 Augusta County</li> <li>Virginia Births 1886-96</li> <li>History of the Eighteith Division AEF in World War I: The Blue Ridge Division, compiled by Russell L. Stultz and edited by Lee S. Anthony, Walters Printing and Mfg. Co., Inc, 2004, pg. 244.</li> <li>History of the 318th Infantry Regiment of the 80th Division, 1917-1918, William Byrd Press, 1920.</li> <li>Staunton News Leader, 10 May 2019, <a href="https://www.newsleader.com/story/news/local/history/2019/05/10/stauntons-american-legion-post-celebrates-centennial/1165269001/">https://www.newsleader.com/story/news/local/history/2019/05/10/stauntons-american-legion-post-celebrates-centennial/1165269001/</a></li> </ul> Biographical Text <h3 class="presto-h3">Jay Frank Clemmer</h3> One of the young men occupying the lethal area around the Somme River basin in August 1918 was 23-year-old 2nd Lt. Jay Frank Clemmer Jr. of Augusta County. Clemmer was the youngest son of a prominent local family that lived near Middlebrook in a home known as “Silverbrook.” Clemmer, a bright, well-liked young man, attended Staunton Military Academy and Washington and Lee University before graduating from Virginia Tech. It was there that he attended a training school for Army officers. When the United States entered the Great War, Clemmer said goodbye to his family and boarded a train bound for basic training at Fort Myer, Va. He would be shipped overseas with the 318th Infantry Regiment, never to see his family again. In war-torn France, as Gen. John J. Pershing moved his army east from the Somme, action broke out near Cambria in the Second Battle of the Somme. During fighting along this sector, Clemmer was struck by a piece of shrapnel and died three days later. A friend and fellow soldier later reported that Clemmer “was a soldier to the end—completing his given task before he collapsed.” Clemmer was solemnly buried in a temporary grave. His body was flag-draped and a simple service was concluded with the playing of “Taps.” “I really can not realize he is gone,” his best friend, W.A. Huggins, wrote in a letter to Clemmer’s mother. “He was loved by every man in the company and every officer in the regiment. He had more friends than any man I ever knew, and if he had any enemies I never knew of them.” A memorial service was held at his former home, “Silverbrook,” on Sept. 27. After the war, Clemmer was re-interred at the Somme American Cemetery at Bony, France. There is some confusion about the date he was killed. The cemetery lists it as Aug. 2. His friend Huggins’ letter is dated Aug. 4, which would support the Aug. 2 date—but all official reports that came in after Clemmer’s death gave the date as Aug. 12. Whatever the date, Clemmer is regarded as the first Augusta County resident killed during the Great War. 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Second Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Reserve Officers Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Infantry Nicknames or Other Names Phil Hometown Staunton, Virginia Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Civil Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes County and/or State Augusta County, Virginia Place of residence before death: 714 Maple Ave. Waynesboro, Virginia 22980 Birth Date April 27th, 1896 Birthplace Staunton, Virginia Death Date May 8th, 1989. Spouse(s) Sue Harris Brooks (Aug. 16th, 1895-June 14th, 1981). Died of “generalized Atherosclerosis.” Suffered from hypertension, which is high blood pressure. Other Events What other significant events, outside of the military, occurred in this individual's life? Went to Fishborne Military School in Waynesboro, Augusta, Virginia . Additional Notes Place of Residence in 1942: Augusta, Virginia. Suffered from metastatic transitional cell CA bladder, a form of bladder cancer. Suffered from Renal insufficiency (Kidney Failure). Buried in Thornrose Cemetery in Staunton, Staunton City, Virginia. Bibliography Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 December 2017), memorial page for Philip Clay Brooks (27 Apr 1896–8 May 1989), Find A Grave Memorial no. 39105644, citing Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Staunton City, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by JMB (contributor 46947904) . Ancestry.com. Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry.com. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2013 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Ancestry.com. Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Ancestry.com. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry.com. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry.com. Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Fought in WWII. Contributing Researchers Gillian Barth Cause of Death Respiratory Failure Place of Death 1649 W. Beverly Street, Staunton, Virginia Parents William A. Brooks (Father) (abt. 1869-?) Mary Sue Smith (Mother) (1872-?) Occupation Last occupation was a coach-instructor at a military school. Children Philip Oliver Brooks (22 May 1931-?) Married Rebecca Allen Heishman on June 13th, 1960. Divorced Rebecca Allen Heishman on May 14th, 1969. Married Elizabeth Octavia Kiblinger on May 7th, 1970. Place of Residence listed on marriage certificate in 1970: 600 S. Magnolia Ave., Waynesboro, Virginia. 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 Brooks, Philip Clay 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 1920 Person An individual. Last Name Brooks First and Middle Name P. C. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? 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