From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (African American Women Veterans in and from Kentucky)
Military Branch
Women's Army Corps
Active Duty Entered
April 27, 1944
Notes
Lena M. Warden enlisted in the Army in Cincinnati, Ohio, according to her record in Ancestry. She was born in Echols, KY, and was a 1944 graduate from Western Colored High School in Owensboro, KY. She received her diploma ahead of the commencement ceremony because she had enlisted and left school for her WAC basic training in Des Moines, IA.
Lena M. Warden was the daughter of Pauline McLucas and Eugene Warden. The family was living in Evansville, IN, when enumerated in the 1930 U.S. Census. They lived in Echols, KY, when enumerated in the 1940 U.S. Census. Lena M. Warden later married Oradie Moss, Sr. and the family lived in Virginia. Lena M. Warden Moss died in Newport News, VA in 1981. She is buried in the Quantico National Cemetery.
Sources: "Army recruiting notes," The Owensboro Messenger, 05/05/1944, p.2; Social Security Death Index in Ancestry; Social Security Applications and Claims Index in Ancestry; Virginia Certificate of Death in Ancestry, State file #81-014731, Certificate #462; Lena M. Warden at Find A Grave; and Kentucky Birth Index in Ancestry.
Lena M. Warden was the daughter of Pauline McLucas and Eugene Warden. The family was living in Evansville, IN, when enumerated in the 1930 U.S. Census. They lived in Echols, KY, when enumerated in the 1940 U.S. Census. Lena M. Warden later married Oradie Moss, Sr. and the family lived in Virginia. Lena M. Warden Moss died in Newport News, VA in 1981. She is buried in the Quantico National Cemetery.
Sources: "Army recruiting notes," The Owensboro Messenger, 05/05/1944, p.2; Social Security Death Index in Ancestry; Social Security Applications and Claims Index in Ancestry; Virginia Certificate of Death in Ancestry, State file #81-014731, Certificate #462; Lena M. Warden at Find A Grave; and Kentucky Birth Index in Ancestry.
Kentucky County & Region
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References
Cited in this Entry
| NKAA Source: | Ancestry (online) |
| NKAA Source: | The Owensboro messenger (newspaper) |
Cite This NKAA Entry:
“Moss, Lena Mae Warden,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed March 29, 2023, https://ukscrc001.net/nkaa/items/show/300004401.
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