African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 13 March 1920, Washington, D.C. Died: 4 November 1992, Culpepper, VA. Enlisted: 24 September 1941, Baltimore, MD and discharged 20 November 1945.
Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: public service. His father, James Wesley Nickens (1864-1953), was a carpenter. His mother was Mary Elizabeth Norwood Nickens (1881-1936). He married Mary Francis Robinson on 11 June 1946 in Washington, DC.
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