African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 15 October 1918, Caddo County, LA. Died: 13 January 1985, Inglewood, Los Angeles, CA. Enlisted: (1) 28 March 1941; (2) 29 October 1945, Ft. Sam Houston, Regular Army. Discharged: 28 October 1947.
Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: manufacture electrical machinery. In 1940 census, his father was Manuel Pugh, farm laborer, and mother was Emma Rose Pugh. His family lived/worked on Haygood Plantation on Harts Island Road.
He married Bettie Jean Hammond in New Orleans, LA on October 1961.
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