African American. Alaska Highway and Company C of 1698 Engineer Combat BN. Veteran WW2 and Korea. H&S Company. Born: 29 July 1921, Winchester, VA. Died: 22 January 1961, Madison, NJ. Enlisted: 29 April 1941, Washington, DC, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers and discharged 17 October 1945 from duty on Alaska Highway construction.
Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: shovel operator. His father was Elijah Hogan, a laborer of odd jobs, and his mother was Bertha A. Lee, manager of a restaurant. He married Helen Francis Burke on 13 September 1947.
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