African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 25 March 1920, Beaufort, SC. Died: 8 January 1955, Volusia, FL. Buried in Beaufort, SC. Enlisted: 11 February 1942 and discharged 27 September 1945. His record shows that he transferred from the 95th Engineer (GS) Regiment to 1698th Combat Engineer Battalion.
Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Sawmill laborer. His father was Sykes Abner, a laborer at a truck farm, and his mother was Bertha (Albertha) Abner, a washer woman. He married Ruth J. Abner.
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