A Soldier's Story: Private Willie McCray - WWI

 

Private Willie McCray was born in North Carolina on January 15, 1891.   He worked as a plasterer before enlisting in the US Army in July 1918 in response to World War I.

He trained at Camp Jackson, South Carolina, before being assigned to Fort McDowell on Angel Island, near San Francisco, California.

After the war, in January 1919, Private Willie McCray moved to Roanoke, Virginia, and returned to work as a plasterer. He died on February 4, 1934, and rests at the Old Lick Cemetery, Roanoke, Virginia.

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