Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 9 May 1904, New Jersey. Died: 5 January 1991, New Jersey. Enlisted: 20 July 1942, Newark, New Jersey. Education: three years high school. Occupation: Bookkeeper. Father: Hermon J. Giesen, born in Germany and worked as superintendant in a silk mill. Mother: Amelia Giesen, born in New York.