African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 21 September 1920, Leake County, Mississippi. Died: 23 October 1997, Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Enlisted: 15 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS.
Education: three years high school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was Percy Hurdle Whalen (1879-1975), farm laborer, and his mother was Mary Ella Wilder (1884-1967). He married Eva Mae Magee (1945-2013).
Serial #34046262