Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 1916, Brunswick, VA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 13 August 1941, Richmond, VA. Education: two years college. Civilian occupation: brick and stone mason. Serial #33097543 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 28 August 1919, Buffalo, NY. Died: 5 December 1993, NY. Enlisted: 9 July 1941, Buffalo, N.Y. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: sales clerk. His father was Ulysses Golden and mother was Mary Wafford. Serial #32135498 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Serial #34105049 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 10 December 1918, Lake City, FL. Died: 28 June 1991, FL. Enlisted: 2 April 1941, Camp Blanding, FL. Discharged: 8 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: waiter and WW2 draft card records employment with WPA in St. Petersburg, FL. His father was Mathews Bynum and his mother…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 13 April 1918, GA. Died: 11 April 1988, Dade FL. Enlisted: 2 April 1941, Camp Blanding, FL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: barber. Serial #34050928 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 1919, SC. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 1 August 1941, Camp Upton Yaphank, NY. Education: one year college. Civilian occupation: elevator operator. His father was Benjamin Baldwin, a porter at a movie theater, and his mother was Emma Baldwin, a maid. Serial #32163199 If you have information about this…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 11 May 1914, Sampson, NC. Died: 5 June 1995, NC. Enlisted: 2 April 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Discharged: 2 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming. His father was Elijah Monk, a brick mason, and his mother was Delia Korhegay Monk. Serial #34032806 If you have…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 1921, GA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 20 August 1940, Ft. Benning, GA, Corps of Engineers, Regular Army. Education: grammar school. Serial #14015328 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 16 July 1917, New Orleans, LA. Died: 24 August 2003, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted: 29 March 1941 Jacksonville Army Air Field, Florida. Discharged: 10 November 1945. Education: three years high school; jewelry school; upholstery school. Civilian occupation: watchmaker, upholsterer; warehousing, handling and loading; porter; cabinet maker. Spouse: Josephine…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 4 October 1917, Mt. Vernon, Indiana. Died: 21 January 2007, South Bend, Indiana. Enlisted: 14 January 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: waiter and retired railroad worker. His father is Henry Clinton Dimmitt and mother Edith Blanche Dimmitt. He married Jeanette Waller in 1938. …