African American, Company D, 2nd BN HQ, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers, Alaska Highway, WW2 and Korean Veteran.
Born: 7 March 1919 Sunflower County, Mississippi. Died: 20 March 2000, St Louis, MO. Enlisted: 3 June 1941 at Jackson, MS and discharged 16 October 1954 (24 Sep 1958).
Education: three years college. In 1930 census Joseph at age 11 worked on a cotton farm. In 1940 census he was in his second year of college. His father, Calvin, was a tenant cotton farmer and his mothers name was Mary. His spouse was Queen Esther Corbett 1923-1943.
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