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, OH, according to her record in Ancestry. She was born in Echols, KY and graduated in 1944 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 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 when enumerated in the 1940 U.S. Census. Lena later married Oradie Moss, Sr. and the family lived in Virginia. Lena M. Warden Moss died in Newport News, VA in 1981 and is buried in the Quantico National Cemetery.
Sources: "Army recruiting notes," The Owensboro Messenger, 5/5/1944, 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 the Kentucky Birth Index in Ancestry.
Lena 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 when enumerated in the 1940 U.S. Census. Lena later married Oradie Moss, Sr. and the family lived in Virginia. Lena M. Warden Moss died in Newport News, VA in 1981 and is buried in the Quantico National Cemetery.
Sources: "Army recruiting notes," The Owensboro Messenger, 5/5/1944, 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 the Kentucky Birth Index in Ancestry.
Kentucky County & Region
Read about Ohio County, Kentucky in Wikipedia.
Read about Daviess County, Kentucky in Wikipedia.
Kentucky Place (Town or City)
Read about Echols, Kentucky in Wikipedia.
Read about Owensboro, Kentucky in Wikipedia.
Item Relations
Cited in this Entry
| NKAA Source: Ancestry (online) |
| NKAA Source: The Owensboro messenger (newspaper) |
Related Entries Citing this Entry
| none |
Cite This NKAA Entry:
“Moss, Lena Mae Warden,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed July 27, 2024, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/index.php/items/show/300004401.
Last modified: 2023-05-12 16:16:49