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[Carrying LeRoi's body from funeral]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.122 Author/Creator: Place Written: Roanoke, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: circa October 1943 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 8.2 cm, Width: 11.4 cm Order a Copy

Men carrying LeRoi Williams' casket, draped with an American flag, down the stairs from his funeral. There are mourners in the background.

Williams, LeRoi S., 1919-1943

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