From the 1949 edition of The Eagle, the yearbook of North Carolina College for Negroes [now North Carolina Central University], sophomore Johnnie Parker and freshman Thomas V. Dawson.

• Johnnie Parker — Johnnie Parker registered for the World War II draft in 1941. Per his registration card, he was born 12 October 1923 in Wilson County; lived at Route 4, Gardners township, Wilson; his contact was Cary Banks, Wilson; and he worked for Julius Parker.

• Thomas V. Dawson — Thomas Virgil Dawson registered for the World War II draft in 1944 in Wilson. Per his registration card, he was born 1 April 1926 in Wilson; lived at 619 East Green Street; his contact was grandfather Charlie Thomas; and he was a student at Darden High School.