African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 17 June 1918, Norfolk, VA. Died: 13 August 1965, Hampton, VA. Enlisted: 5 November 1941, Richmond, VA. He was assigned to the 97th Engineers and also the 4405 Quartermaster Service Company.
Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: sales clerk/delivery boy at D. Pender Grocery Store and also worked as a janitor. His father was Rufus Shepherd and his mother was Lalar Anderson Shepherd. Contee, 28, married Emily Creecy Jimerson, 32, on 8 February 1947. She worked as a mess attendant at a Naval Hospital.
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