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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
VPI Class of 1919
Person
An individual.
Last Name
Hall
First and Middle Name
Lysle George
Nicknames or Other Names
"Polly"
Hometown
Charlottesville, Virginia
County and/or State
Albemarle County, Virginia
VPI Graduating Class
In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from?
1919
Graduated
Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI?
Unknown
Service Branch
What branch of the military did this individual serve in?
Army Signal Corps
Rank
What military rank did this individual hold?
2nd Lieutenant
Military Events
What significant military events occurred in this individual's life?
<ul>
<li>Noted in <em>The Virginia Tech</em>, as being a student aviator at Kelly Field, Texas as of 31 January 1918.</li>
<li>Wounded and captured by Germans</li>
</ul>
Bibliography
<ul>
<li>"'Polly' Hall Was In German Prison Camp," <em>The Virginia Tech</em>, 28 November 1918, pg. 2</li>
<li><a href="https://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/bugle/bugl1917/1917_BUGLE.pdf">1917 VPI Bugle</a>, yearbook, pg. 188</li>
<li>Article about Lysle Hall published in <em>The Virginia Tech</em> campus newspaper, 20 March 1919</li>
</ul>
Birth Date
11/2/1893
Birthplace
Virginia
Death Date
28 April, 1946
Cause of Death
"hemorrhage from intestinal track?"
Place of Death
Richmond, VA
Parents
Father: Geo W. Hall
Mother: Leola H. Hall
Siblings
Vivian Hall, Nelson H. Hall, Hugh Hall, and Edward Hall.
Spouse(s)
Catherine Branch
Other Events
What other significant events, outside of the military, occurred in this individual's life?
Played football at VPI?
Occupation
Occupation in 1942 was at the Texas Co. Norfolk, VA
Contributing Researchers
Grace Barth
U.S. School Yearbooks, 1880-2013 from Ancestry.com
1910 United States Federal Census
U.S., World War II Draft Registration Card, 1942
Virginia Death Record, 1912-2004
Bugle Yearbook, VPI in 1917, U.S. School Yearbooks, 1880-2013
Unit
What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on?
182nd Squadron, Aero Division
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Hall, Lysle George
prisoner of war
wounded