Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
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. …
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 14 April 1916, St. Mathews, SC. Died: 21 March 1997, Ft. Snelling Reservation, DVA Medical Center, MN. He lived in Bronx, NY. Enlisted: 7 August 1941, New York and discharged for pes planus (flat feet) on 26 October 1943, Spokane, WA. Civilian Occupation: Barber. His father was John…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 1906, AL. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 25 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Occupation: soldier. Serial #34062387 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Serial #34100095 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Serial #34062913 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 1915, FL. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 27 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Serial #34062641 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 10 April 1917, GA. Died: 19 November 1993, NY. Enlisted: 27 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Discharged: 8 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Serial #34062635 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 9 November 1922, Grady, GA. Died: 29 December 2003, GA. Enlisted: 3 January 1946 Ft. McPherson, GA, Corps of Engineers, Regular Army. Veteran of WW2, Korea and Vietnam. He was the transportation officer at Ft. Benning, Ga. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: clerk Serial #34062527 …