African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 12 January 1921, New Orleans, LA. Died: 30 August 1996, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted: 30 June 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers and discharged 22 November 1945.
Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: laborer sugar cane farm. His father was Severan Lawson and his mother was Celestine Frank, a wash-woman. He married Josephine Hirsch February 1946 in New Orleans, LA. He was the cousin of Leonard A. Larkins of Company A, 93rd Engineers.
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