African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 26 April 1921 Yazoo County, Mississippi. Died: 11 January 1997 Chicago, Cook, IL. Enlisted: 18 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945.
Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: porter/delivery boy at retail grocer. His father was James T. Metzler and his mother was Nellie (Nettie) Cannon. He married Arlene L. Powell on 14 March 1947 in Chicago.
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