Virgil I. Mann

  General Notes:

The 1940 Federal Census for the Bermuda District, Chesterfield Co., Va, District 21-2, page 26B, dated April 10, 1940 records Virgil I. Mann (24) with his wife Bessie M. Mann (23) renting on Chester Road for $17 / month. Virgil has completed 7 years of schooling and is employed as a Carpenter at a Rayon Plant earning $1,000 working 40 weeks during the last year. Bessie has completed 3 years of high school and was living in Nottoway Co., VA on April 1, 1935.

U. S. Army Enlistment records list:
Name: Virgil I Mann
Birth Year: 1915, Race: White, citizen Nativity State or Country: Virginia
State: Virginia, County or City: Chesterfield
Enlistment Date: 11 Sep 1941
Enlistment State: Virginia
Enlistment City: Richmond
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private Grade / Code: Private / Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men) / Source: Civil Life
Education: 3 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Bridge Builder (Bridge carpenter. ) or Car Carpenter, Railway or Carpenter, Construction* (Carpenter, general.) or Carpenter, Ship An asterisk (*) appearing after a job title indicates that a trade test for the particular occupation will be found in the U
Marital Status: Married / Height: 73 / Weight: 166

Virgil died during WWII in a Non-Battle incident (from Virginia Military Dead Database)(http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/mil/vmd/locresults.asp?NAV=2&Place=Chesterfield).

From www.findagrave.com
Virgil I. Mann
SGT. U. S. Army
born: unknown
died: April 21, 1942
Burial: Sunset Memorial Park, Chester, VA

Virgil married Bessie M. (Bessie M. was born circa 1917 in Virginia and died after 1940 in Chesterfield Co., VA.)