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JUDY WOODRUFF: As another 
difficult week for 
our country comes to a 
close, we want to take

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the time to honor just some of 
the more than 180,000 people 
here who have lost their lives

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to the coronavirus.

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Nelson Henry Jr. of Philadelphia 
fought for more than 70 years 
to get his honorable discharge

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from the U.S. Army. The 
World War II veteran was 
one of many Black soldiers 
given a less-than-honorable

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and discriminatory blue 
discharge, which made 
it harder to get certain 
jobs and G.I. benefits.

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Nelson's son eventually found 
lawyers to take up the case, 
and, in 2019, just a year before

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his death at 96, he was 
granted an upgrade by the 
Army. He called it a miracle.

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Education was huge for Lucille 
Anderson. Born in Minneapolis, 
she worked multiple jobs to

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ensure her kids had 
every opportunity. When 
her son had doubts about 
applying to Harvard,

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she scolded him: "Andersons 
never quit. It's like a race. 
Even if you fall down, you get

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up and finish the race."

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Lucille followed her son to 
the East Coast, finished her 
own degree, and became a social

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worker and a probation officer. 
She always emphasized how 
important children were to

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society, her son said. Lucille 
Anderson was 94 years old 
when she died in Minnesota.

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In 1984, Carmen Williamson 
became the first Black 
boxing referee and 
judge at the Olympics.

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Carmen, who spent most of his 
life in Toledo, Ohio, was a 
top amateur boxer in the 1940s

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and '50s. He would go 
on to travel the world, 
teaching the sport to 
young people in countries

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that white trainers 
would rarely visit.

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Carmen's daughter said 
the 94-year-old wanted 
to grab everything he 
possibly could, and

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never told himself no.

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Seventy-two-year-old Liz Mar 
opened the Hawaiian restaurant 
Kona Kitchen in Seattle 18 years

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ago with her daughter and 
son-in-law. She was a warm face 
that everyone knew and loved,

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her daughter said. She made 
customers feel like part of 
the family. They would call her

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auntie or grandma.

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Liz came to the U.S. from Fiji 
as a teenager. Her daughter 
described her as selfless and

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said she'd do anything 
for her three children 
and seven grandchildren.

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Lennie LeBlanc was 45 years 
old. He was born in Worcester, 
Massachusetts, with cerebral

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palsy. Lennie could never 
walk or talk, but his mom said 
he was always a happy child.

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Lennie would laugh a deep belly 
laugh, sometimes for no reason. 
He lived most of his life in

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a nursing home, where his 
caregivers adored him. He loved 
music and often spent time with

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his family.

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As of tonight, the "NewsHour" 
has marked 100 Americans whose 
lives we have lost to the

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coronavirus. That's just 
over the last 20 weeks.

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We want to thank their 
families for the stories 
they have shared. Our 
hearts go out to them

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and to all those who've lost 
loved ones in this pandemic.