African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 26 February 1914, Grand Bay, Mobile, AL. He lived in Jackson County, Mississippi. Died: 5 September 1998, Moss Point, Jackson County, Mississippi. Enlisted: 13 May 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS.
Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: textile manufacture and in 1940 census he was a laborer in a paper mill. His father was Samuel Lawson, a laborer in a sawmill, and his mother was Carrie Sanders, a laundress for a private family. His wife was Viola Jones Lawon (1915-1988).
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