African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 8 November 1914, Spartanburg, SC. Died: 27 April 1995, Washington, DC. Veteran WW2 and Korea.
Enlisted: (1) 21 May 1941, Baltimore, MD and discharged 30 September 1945 from the Alaska Highway Project. (2) 19 December 1950 and discharged 13 October 1951.
Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: Porter. His father was Wolsley M. Blakely, owned a Tailor Shop, and his mother was Olive “Ollie” Rebecca Piles. He married Joycelyn Lenore Gibbs on 7 December 1947 in Washington, DC.
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