https://www.vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/447d6a44e2c2592827bb7e16a5afca41.jpg f929091b5b6c4a36a334cffb56bc1336 https://www.vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/b09200cef4b8d1c04173807da0e5477b.jpg 008652772e153709158c5d451e47705d https://www.vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/0c401322035be57f44975eeca2e405e7.jpg 71c2abda326294ea26c69b66de94e947 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 1916 Person An individual. Last Name Lassiter First and Middle Name James Ralph Hometown Suffolk, Virginia County and/or State Nansemond Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Signal Corps Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Student Aviator, Pvt. (Wagoneer) Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Noted in <em>The Virginia Tech</em>, as being a student aviator as of 31 January 1918. Birth Date May 6, 1894 Birthplace Baltimore, MD Death Date Jan. 21, 1956 Cause of Death Heart attack Place of Death Santa Fe, NM Parents Julius M. Lassiter & Harriet Savage Lassiter Siblings Stanley N. Lassiter, Ethel Lassiter Yost Spouse(s) Kathleen Covington Tompkins Children Kathleen Lassiter Manscill, Harriet Lassiter Hehr 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? Civil Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Civil Engineer, City of Norfolk; Engineer, National Park Service; Superintendent Shenandoah H National Park; Regional Engineer Southwest Region, NPS. 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 Lassiter, James Ralph