Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 31 May 1916, Omaha, Muscogee County, GA. Died: 22 April 1998, Russell, AL. Enlisted: 25 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 5 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Married. Civilian occupation: B.F. Priester, Ft. Benning, GA. His brother was Charlie Morris. Serial #34062396 If you have information about…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 24 December 1914, Wagoner Wago, OK. Died: 8 October 1994, Tuskegee, Macon, AL. Enlisted: (1) 1 August 1941, Baltimore, MD and discharged 12 April 1944. (2) 13 April 1944 and discharged 10 February 1946. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: Stenographer, typist at the Bureau of Census…
African American, Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 13 November 1915, Kensington, MD. Died: 19 May 1974, Washington, DC. Enlisted: 2 July 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: three years high school. Civilian Occupation: Employed by CR. Padgetta, elevator operator in apartment building. His father was Theodore Onley, Sr. and his mother was Ollie Butler. He married Rayellen…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company and 1317th Engineers in Germany. Born: 29 July 1911, Carlisle, Cumberland County, PA. Died: 1 April 1952, Carlisle, Cumberland County, PA. His obituary in The News-Chronicle (Shippensburg, Pennsylvania) reports that Mr. Mackey lost control of his car while traveling west on Governor Ritner Highway toward Shippensburg and the car…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 1 June 1915, Washington, DC. Died: August 1985, Washington, DC. Enlisted: 7 July 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: motion picture projectionist, employed at Lincoln Theatre Company. His father was Cornelius Shephard Burke (1819-1972), laborer Navy, and his mother was Mayme A Honesty Burke…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 6 January 1921, Columbia, SC. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 29 April 1941, Philadelphia, PA. and discharged 3 October 1945, Regular Army. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: Agent, appraiser. His father was Willie Bynum, handyman at apartment and houses and his mother was Bertha Bynum, seamstress, WPA project….
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 26 June 1915, Atlantic City, NJ. Died: 10 October 1997, Ft. Myers, FL. Enlisted: (1) 24 May 1941, Baltimore, MD (2) 24 February 1943 and discharged 11 February 1946. Education: three years college. Civilian occupation: dishwasher at hotel, waiter. His father was James W. Whittington, a musician with…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 26 May 1908, Spartanburg, SC. Died: 12 June 1989, Silver Springs, MD. Enlisted: 30 June 1941, Baltimore, MD and discharged 17 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: plumber, employed at Stradley Engineering Company. His father was Isaiah Shands and his mother was Esteller Wuckett. Serial #33063630 If…
African American. Company C. Alaska Highway. Born: 9 March 1919, Berlin, MD. Died: 6 August 1997, Bronx, NY. Enlisted: 14 October 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: Butcher. His father was Thomas Marshall and his mother was Margire Newton. He lived with his grandparents, Sarah and Robert Marshall, in 1940. Serial…
African American. Company C. Alaska Highway. Born: 27 December 1918, Golden Hill, Dorchester, MD. Died: 7 March 2006, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: 13 October 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: grammar school. His father was Hansel W. Meekins, a farm laborer and his mother was Marry C. Meekins. Serial #33068335 If you have information about this soldier CLICK…