African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 21 March 1919, Belle Rose, Assumption, Louisiana. Died: 3 June 2008, Belle Rose, Assumption, LA. Enlisted:12 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL.
Education: grammar school. In 1940 census he was employed as a laborer on a sugar cane farm. His father was Camille Franklin (1895-1975) and his mother was Rachel Landry (1898-1982). His parents were laborers on a sugar cane farm. Charles had two sisters Marie Ella and Mildred M. Franklin.
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