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Unknown [LeRoi Williams' funeral]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.120 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Roanoke, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: circa October 1943 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 11.4 cm. Order a Copy

LeRoi Williams' casket, draped with an American flag with mourners surrounding him.

Williams, LeRoi S. (1919-1943)

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