African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 30 September 1922, GA. Died: 12 October 2001, NJ. Enlisted: 25 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Discharged: 13 September 1944.
His father was Homer L. Childs and mother was Laura Childs, both of Camillia, GA. Homer married Donella Whitfield of Camillia, GA on 1 December 1943.
There is a file in ancestry.com that lists a Home Lee Childs as a Sgt in the US Army Air Force. This person has the exact birth and death date and enlistment and discharge date. He also has the same serial number. He is buried at William C. Doyle Vet’s Memorial Cemetery in NJ. This soldier may have been assigned to the Air Corps after the 97th Engineer Corp.
Serial #34062451