Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company F. Born, Dougherty County, GA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 27 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: one year high school. Serial #34062736 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company F. Born: 22 December 1913, Bennard, MS. Died: 14 March 1994, Rochester, IN. His family was the only black family in Rochester for many years. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school, completed the 9th grade. Civilian occupation: farm laborer and he also worked in maintenance department…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: Davidson County, TN. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 25 March 1941, Ft. Oglethorpe, GA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: mechanic. Serial #34039833 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company F. Born: 1919, Ouachita County, LA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 20 February 1946, Regular Army, Alexandria, LA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Barn boss. Serial #34030244 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company F. Born: 20 May 1919, Newberry, South Carolina. Died: 11 November 2002, Charlotte, NC. Enlisted: 29 June 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: grammar school. The 1940 census lists Leroy as a car washer at a gasoline filling station. His father was Charlie Glenn and his mother was Lucy Abrams….
Alaska Highway. Major, MD, Medical Corps, H&S Company. Born: 12 July 1898, Hallettsville, Lavaca County, TX. Died: 19 January 1958 of a coronary occlusion, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX. Enlisted: 4 April 1940. Discharged: 13 March 1946. Dr. Heger, a medical doctor, lived in the Henkhaus community and after studying medicine returned to Moulton, Texas…
Alaska Highway. 1LT in Company A and in July was transferred to H&S Company. Born: 18 May 1909, Italy. Immigrated to the United States on 8 May 1914. Died: 17 July 1987, NY. Buried at St. Anthony Cemetery, Schenectady, NY. Enlisted: 25 April 1941. Discharged: 3 July 1962. He was an officer in the segregated…
Alaska Highway. Commander of H&S Company and in July was assigned to First BN Hqt. A veteran of two wars, WW2 and Korea. Born: 31 August 1910, Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, PA. Died: 10 September 1985, Orange Park, Clay County, FL. He enlisted on 29 March 1941 in the Army Air Corps and discharged on 12…
Alaska Highway. Captain, MD, Medical Corps. Born: 15 February 1895, Austria. Immigrated in 1900. Died: 27 February 1988, NY. He graduated from New York University Medical School. He was an officer in the Medical Corps of the segregated 97th Engineer Regiment. He and the 97th Regiment arrived at Valdez, Alaska on 29 April 1942 looking…
Alaska Highway. Captain, Company B and H&S. Born: 5 June 1912, New Mexico. Died: 28 June 1985, Bethel, Fairfield, CT. Enlisted: 1 May 1941, Ft. Belvoir, VA and Discharged 3 April 1946. Education: He attended Sewanee University, TN, Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts with a degree in Chemical…