African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 29 March 1919, Monroe, Louisiana. Died: 1 February 1988, Monroe, Quachita, Louisiana. Enlisted:15 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, Florida and discharged 15 September 1945.
Education: Grammar school. Civil occupation: Laborer Heading Mill. WW2 draft card records his employment at Louisville Cooperage Company. His father was Dave Cheffin and his mother was Carrie Lewis Fortner, a cook in a private home.
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