Hill, Frank R. First Sgt.
African American, Alaska Highway, A Company. Born: unk Died: unk He was Joseph Prejean’s NCO. He lived in Morgan City, Louisiana.
Category: 93rd Regiment
Hill, Wansley W. Sgt.
African American, Alaska Highway, Corps of Engineers, Camp Livingston, Company B. B: 17 June 1919, Mississippi. D: 3 Aug 2010. Enlisted 27 May 1941 after one year of college at Mississippi’s Alcorn A & M College. He was on a pass to visit his fiancee and almost missed the train to Camp Murray. Promoted to Sgt within…
Hill, Allison D. Lt. Colonel
Alaska Highway, Company C, Corps of Engineers. Born: 9 April 1909, Kansas. Died: 3 Sept. 1983, Illinois. Buried Camp Butler National Cemetery in Springfield, Ill. He arrived on the Alaska Highway in November, 1942. Enlisted 20 July 1942 and released on 13 Mar 1946.Retired Lt. Colonel. Education: University of Kansas, Civil Engineer. Civil Occupation: Civil…
Haskin Jr., Joseph M. Pvt
African American, Alaska Highway, 93rd Engineers, Corps of Engineers – B: 1922. D: Unk. Enlisted 2 June 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field and choose to do basic at Camp Livingston, LA. Education 7th grade. He was placed with the engineers so he thought he would be working with Locomotives. He was in the medics.
Harris, William Owens First Sgt.
Alaska Highway, African American, Company D. Born: 19 May 1917, Greenville, Mississippi. Died: 1 November 2003, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted (1) 18 April 1941 and released 25 July 1945. Enlisted (2) 28 June 1946 and released 31 August 1962. Education: four years high school. He was married to Jewel B. Harris of Greenville, MS on 2 Sept…
Hamilton, Nolan Staff Sgt.
African American, Company A. Born: 22 May 1919 LA. and Died: 26 May 2003 Perris, CA. He had two years of college and occupation was a mechanic when he enlisted in the Army on 13 Jan 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field. He was with the Corps of Engineers. In 1940 census records, Carrie Jenkins head of household…
Gardner, Charles W. Sgt
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. B: 1919, Savannah, GA. D: unknown. Enlisted into the Army on 14 Oct 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: one year of college. Civil Occupation: porter. He was raised as an orphan, but with one year of college under his belt he was equipped to learn a technical skill. He happened to…
France, Albert Elroy Sgt
African American, Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 5 January 1917, Cooksville, Howard County, Maryland. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 12 August 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: Employed with Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. His father was Louis William France, a railroad track man, and his mother was Sarah Jane France. Serial #33065716 If you have…
Finger, Karl E. Lt. Colonel
Alaska Highway, Company F and C. Born: 23 December 1919, New Kensington, Pennsylvania Died: 24 October 2003, Hockessin, New Castle, Delaware. A graduate of Carnegie Institute of Technology with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and an avid pistol shooter. He landed in Skagway, Alaska with the segregated 93rd Engineer Regiment in April 1942. They built the…
Anker, Milton Field Major
DDS, Dental Corps First Battalion, Alaska Highway. Born: 25 November 1909, New York Died: 14 June 2005, Palo Alto, California. Enlisted in Army on 15 November 1940 and discharged 3 February 1946. His spouse was Gertrude Hershkowitz Anker 1913-2009. His father was Aaron Anker (1873-1956) and his mother was Anna Anker (1885-1979). Both were born in…