Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: June 12, 1907, Norfolk, VA. Died: September 7, 1961, Hampton, VA. Enlisted: May 9, 1941, Richmond, VA. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: stevedore with Old Dominion Stevedore Company. His father was Lacey H. Fields, Sr, a stevedore and his mother was Flossie Rosa Fields, a private…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Korean Veteran. Born: June 26, 1916, Baltimore, MD. Died: July 1, 1996, Princess Anne, Somerset, MD. Enlisted: June 30, 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: Grammar school. Civilian occupation: Employed at Hayes Consolidated Fishery Company. His grandmother was Bessie Cottman and his uncle was John Cottman, a porter at a grocery…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: February 20, 1923, Pennsylvania. Died: unknown. Enlisted: May 9, 1941, Philadelphia, PA, Regular Army and discharged October 22, 1945. Education: Three years high school. Civilian occupation: sales clerk. His father was Fred Douglas Coleman. He married Rodlin V. Coleman. Serial #13027748 If you have information about this soldier…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: November 1, 1912 (1914), Dillon County, SC. Died: July 18, 1971, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: May 7, 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: Grammar school. Civilian occupation: laborer road construction. His father was John David Allen (1871-1958) and his mother was Eliza Allen. He married Alma Deloris Sutton. Serial #33009803 If…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Serial #6891836 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: May 19, 1910, Staunton, VA. Died: December 31, 1951, Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted: May 20, 1941, Philadelphia, PA and discharged August 12, 1945. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: paperhanger. His mother was Maude Henderson Hunt and his stepfather was Clayton Hunt. His biological father was Louis Henderson….
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: December 6, 1914, Fauquier, VA. Died: April 12, 1969, Manassas, VA. Enlisted: May 17, 1941, Richmond, VA and discharged October 3, 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Southern Railroad Company, railroad brakeman. His mother was Dileh Carter. Serial #33044143 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: June 16, 1922, Philadelphia, PA. Died: November 7, 2008, Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted: May 5, 1941, Philadelphia, PA, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers, Ft. Belvoir, VA and discharged December 15, 1945. Education: four years high school. His mother was Mary T. Burnett and his wife was Mary Prescott Burnett,…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: January 19, 1913, St. John, KS. Died: November 4, 1979, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri. Enlisted: (1) March 31, 1942 and (2) March 27, 1946, Regular Army, Quartermaster Corps and discharged December 19, 1961. Education: three years high school. Civilian occupation: In 1940 he was a laborer with a…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: May 12, 1921, Reedville, NC. Died: September 22, 1985. Enlisted: March 12, 1942, Ft. Thomas, Newport, KY, Regular Army and discharged November 12, 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: coal miner. His father was Frank Dillard and his mother was Lessie Martin. He married Florence Elizabeth Biggs on…