Iowa Negro Woman's Son Naval Officer Washington (AP) - Ensign Charles Booker Teal, whose mother lives in Council Bluffs, Iowa, has become the second Negro to receive a regular Naval commission, the Navy said Wednesday. The Navy public relations office said that errors in preparing information for a news release yesterday resulted in a misspelling of the ensign's name with consequent confusion of his record with that of a reserve officer who is white. The latter is Charles Wesley Teal. Teal, in talking with a public-relations officer, had referred to Indianapolis as his home, a city where he lived for a number of years. However, his official address, is that of his mother Mrs. Winona Teal, 1114 16th Ave., Council Bluffs.
Source: The Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 1947, Page 2
Charles Booker Teal was born Nov. 1, 1921 to William and Winona Jones Teal. He died Sept 4, 1996 and is buried in Camellia Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Sacramento, CA.
Ens. Booker served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
