African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 15 December 1919, Danville, Virginia. Died: 3 June 1996, Roanoke, VA. Enlisted: 14 January 1942 at Roanoke, VA.
Education: three years high school. Civilian occupation: cleaner in a Cotton Mill, employed by Dan River Cotton Mills. He married Odessa J. James (1929-2004) on 5 April 1951 in Pitts, VA.
His father was Jerry, laborer at a Cotton Mill and his mother was Lucinda F. Ferguson, a laundress. His brother was Jerry Kernodle and three sisters, Helen Travis, Pauline Lipscomb, and Hazel Price Walker.
Serial # 33091433