African American, Company D, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers, Alaska Highway. Born: 28 November 1922, Beggs, LA. Died: 11 November 1979, Houston, TX. Enlisted: 5 June 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 13 November 1944.
Education: three years high school. Civilian occupation: construction laborer. His father was Brown Henry Cheney, a porter at a bus station and his mother was Olivia Pruit. His wife was Beulah M. Cheney.
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