Freddie Stowers
Freddie Stowers was an African American corporal in the United States Army who was killed in action during World War I, while serving in an American unit under French command.. Over 70 years later, he posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions.
Stowers was born in Sandy Springs, South Carolina, the grandson of a slave. Before the war, he worked as a farmhand. He married a woman named Pearl, with whom he had one daughter, Minnie Lee.
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