African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 13 August 1915, Greene, NC. Died: 6 November 1982, Wilson, NC. Enlisted: #1 29 March 1941 and discharged 8 November 1945. Enlisted: #2 29 June 1946, Ft. George G. Meade, MD, Regular Army, Transportation Corps and discharged 31 July 1962.
Education: grammar school. His father was Ervin Speight and his mother was Frances Ward. He married Bessie Mae Anderson Pender (1920-1987) on 9 April 1964 in Wilson County, NC. Another marriage record states he married Geraldine, maiden name unknown, on 26 September 1936 in Greene County, NC.
Serial #34032661
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