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Last Name Billmyer First and Middle Name Carroll Davis Hometown Shepherdstown, West Virginia Birth Date 13 August 1892 Birthplace Shepherdstown, West Virginia Death Date 20 December 1964 Place of Death Providence, Rhode Island Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Headquarters, Western Department at Throop College of Technology in Pasadena, California (likely helped train students in the Students Army Training Corps detachment at Throop College) Rank What military rank did this individual hold? 2nd Lieutenant 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? No Bibliography <ul> <li>U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985 for Carroll Davis Billmyer</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 Billmyer, Carroll Davis https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/4a4a945816f1e044aacff56dd8ddcfc6.tif 91bb38ba4cd6c0c0e9c831f224096b0a https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/e4213fb5a9aa7a60b0640dc4a942b32e.tif 88c1399b41e5bf9d1d931681253a278c https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/52f3955d9be4875038b6da171fa538e4.tif 03e709e8cba594ecedaf6cea9d61b4e1 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 Unknown Graduating Classes and Employees Person An individual. Last Name Bishop First and Middle Name Arthur Shelor Hometown Christiansburg County and/or State Montgomery, VA Birth Date February 22, 1899 Birthplace Christiansburg Parents Henry Bishop and Lane Alperes Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army National Guard Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Company M, 116th regiment, 29th division Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Private first class Battles or Engagements What battles or engagements was this individual involved in during World War One? Meuse Argonne Occupation Farmer Additional Notes Gassed on October 18, 1918 Contributing Researchers Connor Skelly 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 Bishop, Arthur Shelor questionnaire 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 1912 Person An individual. Last Name Bissex First and Middle Name E. B. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1912 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 Bissex, E. B. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1911 Person An individual. Last Name Blair First and Middle Name M.M. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1911 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Private Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Virginia National Guard Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Troop "B" First Virginia Cavalry 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 Blair, M.M. 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 Blanton First and Middle Name B.B. 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? Private Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Virginia National Guard Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Troop "D" First Virginia Cavalry 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 Blanton, B.B. 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 Blevins First and Middle Name O. W. 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? Sergeant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? National Army 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 Blevins, O. 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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 Bondurant First and Middle Name Samuel Walton 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? First 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 Rice, Virginia Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Agriculture Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes 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/. 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Last Name Bopp First and Middle Name Harry Joe Hometown Pulaski, Virginia County and/or State Pulaskii Nicknames or Other Names Jumbo Birth Date October 22, 1894 Birthplace Pulaski, Virginia Death Date August 25, 1944 Place of Death Allen Park, Wayne, Michigan Parents Charles Bopp and Margie Bopp nee Strauss Siblings Albert, Elizabeth, Pauline, Margaret Spouse(s) Florence Bopp nee Voss Children No Children VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1916 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Electrical Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes 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 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? 2nd Lieutenant Occupation Worked as a stockbroker in 1930 and as an electrical salesman in 1940 Contributing Researchers Alden Anthony VT Class of 2020 Bibliography Ancestry.com 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 Bopp, Harry Joe 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 Borden First and Middle Name James Paul Nicknames or Other Names N/a Birth Date 12/3/1892 Birthplace Shenandoah, VA Hometown Shenandoah, 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? N/a Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? No- only completed his 3rd year of college. 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? N/A Retired Rank What military rank did this individual hold upon retirement? N/a Death Date 12/11/1979 Cause of Death "marine...accident" Place of Death Culpeper, VA Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Worked as a superintendent for the Virginia Telaphone & Telegraph Co. in Charlottesville, VA 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 Additional Notes *Not listed as an ex-classmate In 1910, his residence was in Shenandoah, VA In 1930, his residence was in Front Royal, VA In 1940, his residence was in Charlottesville, VA County and/or State Virginia Parents Father: Benjamin F. Borden Mother: Sally L. Pittman Spouse(s) Mary Elizabeth Fitzgerald Other Events What other significant events, outside of the military, occurred in this individual's life? President of the Sophomore Two-Year Agriculture Class in 1915. Children Virginia C Borden James P Borden Benjamin F Borden Occupation Superintendent Contributing Researchers Grace Barth U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2013 U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014 1930 United States Federal Census 1940 United States Federal Census 1910 United States Federal Census U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18 Siblings Adolph Borden, Cinderella Borden, Jos. L. Borden, James Borden, Mattie G. Borden, Louis Borden, Sadie Borden, Otto William Borden, Emma E. Borden, Annie Borden, and Jesse B, Borden 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/. 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