Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 3 February 1917, West Virginia. Died: 5 August 2001, Portage, Ohio. Enlisted 23 January 1942, Ft. Hayes, Columbus, OH. Education: one year college. Education: manufacture leather and farming. Father: David Maxon Ferguson, foreman WSA Road Construction, (1887-1958) and Mother: Savannah E. Strawman/Straudumann (1893-?).