Unnamed Negro Army Soldier 3

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3544
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Unnamed Negro Army Soldier 3
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Unnamed Negro Army Soldier 3
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
No
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In The Mansion this man was "bred up on an Arkansas plantation" before becoming a American soldier during World War II (306). He is "new" to the Army when his commander leaves him in a foxhole near the Japanese enemy somewhere in Malaya; before he can be relieved or reinforced, he is killed and beheaded (306).