Category: 97th Military Personnel

African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 23 August 1917, VA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 14 August 1941, Richmond, VA. Education: grammar school. Serial #33097609 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE

African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 29 March 1919, NC. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 14 November 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: waiter at Harvey’s Restaurant. His father Andrew Simmons worked as a cook on a train and his mother Lottie McCray Simmons worked as a laundress at a laundry. Serial…

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African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Serial #32164146   If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE

African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 30 March 1914, AL. Died: 6 March 2006, Chicago, IL. Enlisted: 11 April 1941, Chicago, IL. Education: one year high school. Serial #36020070 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE

African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 2 July 1920 NC. Died: 16 December 1988, NC. Enlisted: 3 April 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC . Discharged: 26 December 1945. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: cement/concrete finisher. His father was Frank Rogers and mother Dora A. Rogers. Serial #34110055   If you have information about…

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African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 1917, GA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 28 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Serial #34062889   If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE

African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 16 October 1920, GA. Died: 1 March 1955, GA. Enlisted: 27 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Discharged: 26 December 1945. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: kitchen worker. Serial #34062684   If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE

African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 7 September 1919, SC. Died: 11 October 1982, PA. Enlisted: 12 January 1942, Ft. George G. Meade, MD. Discharged: 22 December 1945. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: laundry, pressing. His father was Willis Riley and mother Sarah Murphy Riley. Serial #33108558   If you have information…

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African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 8 August 1919, Camden County, GA. Died: 17 February 1994, Duval, FL. Enlisted: 30 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. In 1920 census, his parents listed are father, Harley Pearson, and mother, Rilla Pearson. Serial #34062904 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE

African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 3 May1922, Norfolk, VA. Died: 24 March 1974. Enlisted: 24 September 1941, Richmond, VA. Education: grammar school. Serial #33119294 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE