African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born:11 November 1916, Hyde, NC. Died: April 1982, Washington, DC. Enlisted: 28 March 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC.
Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farm laborer and also employed at New Bern Ice Plant. Willie, age 21, married Geneva Green, age 24, on 31 December 1936. Their children were Andrew and Ella Pearl Gibbs. His father was Ed Howard and his mother was Sara Spella Gibbs.
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