African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 7 August 1913, Mooresville, North Carolina. Died: 13 June 1984, Charlotte, N.C. Enlisted: 29 March 1941 at Ft. Bragg, N.C and discharged 20 November 1945.
Education: four years college. His mother, Inez M. Roberts (1884-1956), was a teacher in a public school. His father was Ward David Newkirk (1862-1921). He married Margie Elaine Cherry on 7 August 1944 and divorced on 23 July 1946. He married Cecilia V. Tutt (1927-2016) on 26 December 1950.
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