African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 19 April 1922, Birmingham, Jefferson, AL. Died: 20 October 2001, Trenton, Mercer, NJ. Enlisted: 12 August 1941, Ft. Benning, GA.
Education: two years high school. His father was Raymond G. Cowling, coal miner, and his mother was Naomi Hoods, a cook for a private family. He married Jerolean Hall (1918-1946) on 28 July 1946 in Jefferson, AL.
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