Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 22 August 1921, Glenwood, Crenshaw County, AL. Died: 6 February 1943, Alaska, Death Non Battle. Buried at New Hope Valley Baptist Church Cemetery, Laverne, AL. His father was Frank Nelson (1899-1961) and his mother was Salutie Anderson (1903-1965). The 14 February 1943 morning report for Company E reports…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 1917, South Carolina. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 26 August 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. Serial #34096763 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 20 (29) February 1919 (1920, 1921), Spartanburg County, SC. Died: 7 April 1986 (1983), Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted: 29 June 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Discharged: 24 October 1945. Education: three years high school. Civilian occupation: employed in textile mill. He was married. Serial #34094340 If you have information…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 1922, South Carolina. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 4 April 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. Serial #34090315 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 15 July 1919, Greepone, SC. Died: 2 May 2000, Saginaw, Michigan. Enlisted: 2 April 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: janitor/sexton. His father was Joe Nowell and mother was Rosina Robertson. He was married. Serial #34090214 If you have information about this soldier CLICK…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 15 June 1918, Pickens, MS. Died: 19 June 1983, Chicago, IL. Enlisted: 11 April 1941, Chicago, IL. Discharged: 8 November 1945. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: Porter. In 1940 he lived in Cook County, Chicago, IL. His father was Ned Matthews, a laborer at a wholesale…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E and H/S. Born: 9 September 1919, Anson, NC. Died: 14 September 1957, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC. Enlisted: 27 Aug 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Discharged: 26 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Worked in a Tobacco Factory. His father was Eddie Myers (1898-1949). His mother was Lugenia Cash and he…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 18 July 1918, Sneads Ferry, Onslow County, NC. Died: 4 November 1961, Sneads Ferry, Onslow, NC. Enlisted: 27 August 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: In 1940 he was employed at Wallbrook Tobacco Factory in Goldsboro, Wayne, NC. His father was James W. McNair and…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 12 October 1918, South Carolina. In 1940 he lived at Johnson, Williamsburg, SC. Died: 13 May 2008, New York. Enlisted: 1 February 1946, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. He was Regular Army in the Medical Administrative Corps. Education: three years college. His father was Edd and his mother was…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 1914, South Carolina. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 27 August 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. Serial #34096802 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE