African American, Company D, Alaska Highway, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers.
Born: 29 July 1921, New Orleans, LA. Died: 25 January 2020. Enlisted: 13 Jun 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: two years high school. Occupation: cement finisher and in 1940 census Joseph was listed as a laborer.
His father was Joseph L. Charbonnet, Sr and his mother was Odette M. Claybon. Joseph, Sr. worked as a cement finisher and building contractor. Joseph, Jr. married Rosemary Doris Hurst December 1950 in New Orleans, LA. He divorced her in December 1966. On 17 September 1970 he married Rosa J. Young (Jackson) in Los Angeles, CA.
Serial #14058626