African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Veteran WW2 and Korean War. Born: 23 April 1921, Bourbon, KY. Died: 30 November 1982, Antioch, Contra Costa. CA. Enlisted: (1) 16 July 1941 and discharged 4 November 1945. (2) Re-enlisted: 11 July 1946, Ft. Omaha, Nebraska, Regular Army, Military Police and discharged 31 March 1962.
Education: three years high school. Civilian occupation: Employed at Joe Mitchell’s grocery store. His mother was Ella Higgins and his uncle was Edward Higgins. He married Winifred T. Cooper on 8 December 1964 in San Francisco, CA.
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