Clifton L. Pollard was the man who dug the grave of President John F. Kennedy.
Private First Class
Company E
45th Engineers
US Army
WORLD WAR II
He entered service on 17 May 1944. The 45th Engineers was a segregated African American unit that was tasked with building roads, bridges, and airfields; specifically the “Ledo Road” between Ledo, Assam, India to Kunming, China. The Ledo Road enabled the allies to transfer supplies to China. It is very likely that PFC Pollard contributed to the completion of the road in Jan 1945. He was honorably discharged on 28 Apr 1946.
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Father: Junius Pollard [Jr.] (1885-1937)
Mother: Dora Frances (Watkins) Pollard (b. 1891 NC)
Thank you to contributor, Salvarsan (47181938), for this information
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1st Wife - Hattie McFadden Pollard (died at a young age)
2nd Wife: Nettie Watkins Pollard
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He had a baby brother, Theodore Donald Pollard, who according to his death certificate, was born Mar. 1, 1920 and died Jun 17, 1920 in Pittsburgh, PA. He was buried in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, a predominantly African-American cemetery, at 2159 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA. According to this article, it was closed in 1933 and the remains were reinterred to Woodlawn Cemetery on Penn Ave in Wilkinsburg in 1938. https://oldpittmaps.wordpress.com/tag/lincoln-cemetery/
Private First Class
Company E
45th Engineers
US Army
WORLD WAR II
He entered service on 17 May 1944. The 45th Engineers was a segregated African American unit that was tasked with building roads, bridges, and airfields; specifically the “Ledo Road” between Ledo, Assam, India to Kunming, China. The Ledo Road enabled the allies to transfer supplies to China. It is very likely that PFC Pollard contributed to the completion of the road in Jan 1945. He was honorably discharged on 28 Apr 1946.
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Father: Junius Pollard [Jr.] (1885-1937)
Mother: Dora Frances (Watkins) Pollard (b. 1891 NC)
Thank you to contributor, Salvarsan (47181938), for this information
**
1st Wife - Hattie McFadden Pollard (died at a young age)
2nd Wife: Nettie Watkins Pollard
**
He had a baby brother, Theodore Donald Pollard, who according to his death certificate, was born Mar. 1, 1920 and died Jun 17, 1920 in Pittsburgh, PA. He was buried in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, a predominantly African-American cemetery, at 2159 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA. According to this article, it was closed in 1933 and the remains were reinterred to Woodlawn Cemetery on Penn Ave in Wilkinsburg in 1938. https://oldpittmaps.wordpress.com/tag/lincoln-cemetery/
Clifton L. Pollard was the man who dug the grave of President John F. Kennedy.
Private First Class
Company E
45th Engineers
US Army
WORLD WAR II
He entered service on 17 May 1944. The 45th Engineers was a segregated African American unit that was tasked with building roads, bridges, and airfields; specifically the “Ledo Road” between Ledo, Assam, India to Kunming, China. The Ledo Road enabled the allies to transfer supplies to China. It is very likely that PFC Pollard contributed to the completion of the road in Jan 1945. He was honorably discharged on 28 Apr 1946.
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Father: Junius Pollard [Jr.] (1885-1937)
Mother: Dora Frances (Watkins) Pollard (b. 1891 NC)
Thank you to contributor, Salvarsan (47181938), for this information
**
1st Wife - Hattie McFadden Pollard (died at a young age)
2nd Wife: Nettie Watkins Pollard
**
He had a baby brother, Theodore Donald Pollard, who according to his death certificate, was born Mar. 1, 1920 and died Jun 17, 1920 in Pittsburgh, PA. He was buried in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, a predominantly African-American cemetery, at 2159 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA. According to this article, it was closed in 1933 and the remains were reinterred to Woodlawn Cemetery on Penn Ave in Wilkinsburg in 1938. https://oldpittmaps.wordpress.com/tag/lincoln-cemetery/
Private First Class
Company E
45th Engineers
US Army
WORLD WAR II
He entered service on 17 May 1944. The 45th Engineers was a segregated African American unit that was tasked with building roads, bridges, and airfields; specifically the “Ledo Road” between Ledo, Assam, India to Kunming, China. The Ledo Road enabled the allies to transfer supplies to China. It is very likely that PFC Pollard contributed to the completion of the road in Jan 1945. He was honorably discharged on 28 Apr 1946.
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Father: Junius Pollard [Jr.] (1885-1937)
Mother: Dora Frances (Watkins) Pollard (b. 1891 NC)
Thank you to contributor, Salvarsan (47181938), for this information
**
1st Wife - Hattie McFadden Pollard (died at a young age)
2nd Wife: Nettie Watkins Pollard
**
He had a baby brother, Theodore Donald Pollard, who according to his death certificate, was born Mar. 1, 1920 and died Jun 17, 1920 in Pittsburgh, PA. He was buried in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, a predominantly African-American cemetery, at 2159 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA. According to this article, it was closed in 1933 and the remains were reinterred to Woodlawn Cemetery on Penn Ave in Wilkinsburg in 1938. https://oldpittmaps.wordpress.com/tag/lincoln-cemetery/
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