African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 19 May 1919, Holmes County, Mississippi. Died: 14 October 1983, Tacoma, WA. Enlisted: 11 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming.
His father was Edmund Delaney, a farm laborer and his mother was Mary. He married Lucille Buxton (Harper) (1916-2001) on 8 November 1964 in Pierce County, WA and divorced her on 26 February 1973. He married his second wife Lynn E. Fabel on 12 September 1978 in Pierce County, WA.
Serial #34046158