Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: July 23, 1918, Inman, SC. Died: February 9, 1966, Knoxville, TN. He died at the age of 47 from chronic myocarditis. Enlisted: January 31, 1942, Ft. Oglethorpe, GA and discharged September 23, 1945.
Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: cook in a restaurant. His father was Robert Cantrell, a construction laborer, and his mother was Iler (Elen) Nesbett, a laundress. His wife was Martha G. Cantrell (1918-1991).
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