Charity Adams Earley
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 22 years ago |
Date of birth | December 5,1918 |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Born | Kittrell |
North Carolina | |
United States | |
Date of died | January 13,2002 |
Died | Dayton |
Ohio | |
United States | |
Years of service | 1942 − 1946 |
Place of burial | Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, Ohio, United States |
Books | One woman's Army |
Education | The Ohio State University |
Wilberforce University | |
Other work | Educator |
Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Unit | 3rd Company, 3rd Training Regiment WAAC, Fort Des Moines |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 845952 |
Charity Adams Earley Life story
Charity Adams Earley was an American United States Army officer. She was the first African-American woman to be an officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and was the commanding officer of the first battalion of African-American women to serve overseas during World War II.