From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (African American Women Veterans in and from Kentucky)
Military Branch
Women's Army Corps
Active Duty Entered
October 16, 1944
Active Duty Exit
July 29, 1946
Exit Rank
Private First Class
Notes
Alyce T. White enlisted in the Army in Cincinnati, OH in 1944, according to her record in Ancestry. The following year she was listed as being in the USA (United States Army) on p. 405 of Polk's Lexington (Fayette County, KY.) City Directory, 1945. She was stationed in Lincoln, NE when she came home for a visit in November 1945.
Alyce White was born in Lexington, KY, the daughter of Elias and Betty W. Robinson White. The family is enumerated in the 1930 and 1940 U.S. Censuses. Alyce had been a factory worker prior to joining the military, according to the 1943-44 Lexington city directory (p. 341). After her military service, she lived in Dayton, OH before returning to Kentucky. She died in Lexington and is buried in the Camp Nelson National Cemetery in Nicholasville, KY.
Sources: U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index in Ancestry; Alyce T. White at Find A Grave; U.S. Veterans' Gravesites in Ancestry; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File in Ancestry; "Colored Notes: Pfc Alice T. White," Sunday Herald-Leader, 11/25/1945, p. 15; Elias White, Jr. obituary in The Lexington Herald, 9/25/1969, p. 2; and the U.S. Public Records Index in Ancestry.
Alyce White was born in Lexington, KY, the daughter of Elias and Betty W. Robinson White. The family is enumerated in the 1930 and 1940 U.S. Censuses. Alyce had been a factory worker prior to joining the military, according to the 1943-44 Lexington city directory (p. 341). After her military service, she lived in Dayton, OH before returning to Kentucky. She died in Lexington and is buried in the Camp Nelson National Cemetery in Nicholasville, KY.
Sources: U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index in Ancestry; Alyce T. White at Find A Grave; U.S. Veterans' Gravesites in Ancestry; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File in Ancestry; "Colored Notes: Pfc Alice T. White," Sunday Herald-Leader, 11/25/1945, p. 15; Elias White, Jr. obituary in The Lexington Herald, 9/25/1969, p. 2; and the U.S. Public Records Index in Ancestry.
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Item Relations
Cited in this Entry
NKAA Source: Ancestry (online) |
NKAA Source: Polk's Lexington (Fayette County, KY.) city directory (annual) |
NKAA Source: Sunday herald-leader (newspaper) |
NKAA Source: The Lexington herald (newspaper) |
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Cite This NKAA Entry:
“White, Alyce T.,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed December 11, 2023, https://ukscrc001.net/nkaa/items/show/300004403.
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