African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 25 May 1921 Monroe, Quachita, LA. Died: 31 Mar 1943, Rapides, LA. Enlisted:15 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL.
Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: Errand boy employed at Ware’s Drug Store. His mother was Mary “Mattie” Dobbins and his father was James Albert Dobbins. Lafayette traveled by bus with Leroy Anding on 14 April 1941 to Camp Livingston and both were assigned to the 93rd Engineer Battalion.
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