African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 6 May 1914, Reams, Prince George County, Virginia. Died: 17 July 1993, Petersburg, VA. Enlisted: 13 August 1941 at Richmond, VA and discharged 20 November 1945.
Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: In 1940 census he was a laborer at a pulp mill at a sawmill. His father was Charlie Parham (1893-?), farm laborer, and his mother was Laura Hill (1898-?). He married Thelma Edith Wilkins (1917-1991) on 31 July 1944 in Petersburg, VA.
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