African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 14 December 1914, LA. Died: 26 May 1978, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted:17 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 3 April 1943.
Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: model pattern maker. In 1940 he was working as a seaman on a ship. In 1945 he returned to the sea as a cook. His father was Raymond Thorne, delivery man at a grocery store. His spouse was Adeline N. Thorne.
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