Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Alaska Highway. D Company. Born: 20 November 1918, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Died: May 1986, Meridan, Lauderdale, MS. Enlisted: into Army on 14 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: production clay products. Serial #34046270 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Alaska Highway, D Company. Born: 1905? He lived in Tulsa, OK
Alaska Highway. Civil Engineer, First Battalion HQ and H&S Company. Born: 7 September 1908, Nalicio Italy. Died: 19 May 1986, Carbon, Utah. Enlisted 15 December 1940 and released 28 January 1946. He graduated from Colorado School of Mines with degree in Engineering of Mines and had experience in Western coal fields. James was a member of The…
African American, Alaska Highway, Company C. Born: 1 January 1916, Gadsden, Quincy, Florida. Died: 3 February 2005, Tampa, Hillsborough, FL. Enlisted: 20 August 1941, Camp Blanding, Florida and discharged 21 November 1945. Education: One year high school. Civil Occupation: farm laborer for his father’s farm. His father was Robert Carter (1878-1969), a tobacco farmer. His…
African American, Alaska Highway, Company C. Born: 12 November 1907, Morganton, NC. Enlisted: 28 February 1941. Excerpts from Letter 1 August 1990 for 50th reunion of Alaska Higway. “I am one of the missing vets. We recieved very little credit. We did service but most of us will not be found.”
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 December 1920, Memphis, TN. Died: 13 April 1989, Detroit, Wayne, MI. Enlisted: 16 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Discharged: 22 November 1945. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: waiter. His father was William Byrd and his mother was Maggie Houston. Serial #34046532 If you have information about…
Alaska Highway, Civil Engineer, First Battalion, S-4 Assistant with H&S Company, also assigned to Company C and D. Born: 20 March 1916, Wilson County, North Carolina. Died: 25 October 2001, Alabama. His father was William J. Burleigh, Sr. born in Canada. His mother was Lightfoot Burleigh born in Virginia. Lt. Squires when interviewed stated that…
Alaska Highway, Civil Engineer, 1st BN, Company B. Born: 2 May 1919, PA Died: 27 December 2008, Wisconsin. Buried in Mequon, Wisconsin. He was commissioned from ROTC at Penn State College after graduation in 1942. Enlisted on 18 May 1942 at Ft. Belvoir, VA and was released 15 January 1946. He served as a Captain from 1950…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 15 (12) January (October) 1919 (1918), Rayne, Acadia, LA. His WW2 draft card has his birth date “unknown”. Died: 29 March 1991. Enlisted: 12 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: grain mill. He was employed at…
Alaska Highway, Company A, D and F, Civil Engineer. Born: 24 October 1914, Delaware Died: 4 January, 2009, Mass. Enlisted 26 April 1941, Philadelphia, PA. Education: 4 years of college. Civilian occupation: civil engineer. His father Robert Franklin II (1892-1919). He was a soldier in WW1 and while in France died in an auto accident. His mother…