Alaska Highway, Company C. Born: 29 August 1913, Concord, NC. Died: 20 Oct 2001, Crofton, MD. Enlisted: 13 March 1942 at Camp Lee, Virginia. Education: 4 years college.
He attended Davidson College in North Carolina. He belonged to SIGMA PI SIGMA, a physics fraternity and also was a member of the varsity wrestling team.
His father was Leroy J. Blackwelder, Sr and his mother Betty Genola Roseman. He was married to Mary Louise Schelhorn on 24 December 1943 in L.A., California. They were divorced on 19 November 1969. His second wife was Dorothy Wilson Ford, born 17 July 1911 of Washington D.C. They were married on 28 Nov 1986.
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