Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: May 15, 1909, Jackson County, OH. Died: January 10, 1981, Mount Sterling, Madison, OH. Enlisted: February 26, 1942, Columbus, OH and discharged October 14, 1945.
Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farmer and a laborer in a coal yard. His father was Albert C. Hitchens, a farmer, (1874-1938) and his mother was Bessie Austin Hitchens, a domestic, (1883-1919).
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