Upstate's last Buffalo Soldier to be laid to rest Friday

GREENVILLE, SC (FOX Carolina) -            

The last Buffalo Soldier from South Carolina to serve in the U.S. Army during World War II was laid to rest Friday in Anderson, according to a news release.
Tomie L. Gaines, 93, died Sunday at McCall Hospice House.
Gaines served from March 1943 to December 1945 with the 27th Calvary, an all-black unit.




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