African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 26 August 1919 (1920), Montgomery, Alabama. Died: 16 March 1977, Montgomery, AL. Enlisted: 12 June 1941 at Montgomery, Alabama, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers and discharged 26 July 1945.
Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: waiter and he was employed at Bradley Veneer Mill. His father was Ellis Cobb and his stepfather was Oliver Lane, lumber mill laborer. His mother was Julia Payne Cobb Lane. He married Alma Tolliver on 14 July 1944 in Montgomery, AL.
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