Alaska Highway, Company B. Born: 9 November 1919, Illinois. Died: 12 December 2006, Illinois. Enlisted: 19 January 1942, Camp Grant, Illinois. Released: 6 December 1945. Education: four years high school. Occupation: construction. Father: Theodore F. Hesemann, carpenter at the railroad, 1886-1951. Mother: Lydia M. Haake.