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Negro Veteran to be Buried Today
The December 20, 1951 Florence Herald obituary of Florence native Pvt. James Brannon, killed in action in Korea in August of 1951.
Negro Veteran Dies in Lima, Ohio; Buried Here
The Thursday, July 19, 1951 Florence Herald obituary of 29 year-old Florence native and World War II veteran Charlie Spencer Ragland, of Lima, Ohio. Spencer's funeral was conducted at the Zion Baptist Church and he was buried in the Peters Cemetery…
Negro Veteran Buried with Military Honors
The Thursday, December 6, 1951 Florence (AL) Herald obituary of Cpl. James Oakley of Florence, who was killed combat in Korea in February of 1951.
Negro Legion Post is Organized Here
A Friday, December 10, 1948 Florence Herald report that the Black veterans of Florence-Lauderdale with the assistance of Post No. 11 of Florence, had established a temporary Negro American Legion post in Florence, awaiting official confirmation by…
Military Service Records of Private Miles Ingram, Co H, 110th Infantry, United States Colored Troops (USCT).
Miles Ingram (ca 1843-1890) was a slave of the Joseph Ingram plantation near Rogersville in Lauderdale County and a private in Co H, 111th Inf, United States Colored Troops (USCT). The 21 year-old, 5 feet 9 inches Ingram enlisted on February 20, 1864…
Mely Decatur Receives a Union Military Pension
An August 5, 1882 Florence Gazette notice that an elderly black woman named Mely Decatur, who lived near Pruitton, in north-central Lauderdale County, had "received the sung little sum of $2,180, from the Federal Treasury, on account of services…
M. P. Graduate
A January 10, 1957 Florence Herald biographical sketch of Florence native Pvt. Shelby H. Green, US Army, who had recently graduated from the Military Police Training Center at Fort Gordon, Georgia.
Local Graduates of a US Army Air Force Radio Operators and Mechanics Course at Fort Scott, Illinois.
1. A Thursday, June 14, 1943 Florence Herald Notice from the column "Our Boys in the Service" that Florence native Cpl. Clarence J. Simpson was recently a member of the first Negro graduating class of Scott Field, Illinois' radio operators and…
Lauderdale County African-American Draftees Called to Service During World War II
A series of Florence Herald notices from the 1940s listing the names of African-American men of Lauderdale County ordered to report for military service.
Joseph Armstead, USN, Advanced in Rating.
A Thursday, December 13, 1962 Florence Herald report that Joseph Armstead, Steward 2nd Class, USN was advanced to his present rate while serving aboard the destroyer USS Waller on November 16th.
Joseph Armstead (1928-1984) was one of at least…
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