Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 7 April 1907, Calhoun County, Mississippi. Died: 15 September 1988, Chicago, Cook, IL. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: farming. His father was John Miller, farm laborer, and his mother was Adelin Miller. His wife was…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 9 July 1916, Columbus, North Carolina. Died: October 1967, North Carolina. Enlisted: 14 May 1941, Ft. Bragg, N.C and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: four years high school. Civil occupation: general farms and construction. His father was James Fred McKoy and his mother was Rosiallia Rouse. He married…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 5 October 1919, Otibbeha County, Mississippi. Died: 29 June 2000, Detroit, Wayne, MI. Enlisted 15 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. His father was John McKeown and his mother was Amanda Frazier. Serial #34046207 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 12 July 1912, Natchitoches, Louisiana. Died: 1 December 1973, LA. Enlisted: 12 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, Florida. Education: grammar school. He married Mary Washington on 10 March 1945 in Pierce, WA. Serial #34072548 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 1918, Georgia. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 22 August 1941 at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. Education: two years high school. Civil occupation: laborer CCC. In 1940 census his father was James L. McGee and mother was Ella. Serial #34096586 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Serial #34119405 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 8 January 1918, Bessermer, Jefferson, Alabama. Died: 9 February 1976, Jefferson County, AL. Enlisted: 14 October 1941 at Ft. McClellan, Alabama. Education: two years high school. Civil occupation: porter. Employed by R. B. Broyles. His sister was Rosa Lee Hemphill and his wife was Ruby W. Lyles. Serial…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 3 May 1916, Alton, Halifax, Virginia. Died: 2 April 2016, Beltsville, MD. Enlisted: 10 October1941 at Roanoke, VA. Education: one year high school. Civil occupation: Barber, employed by Willis G. White. His father was Pell Link, a farm laborer, and his mother was Nannie Hamlett Link. He married…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 1919, Alabama. Died: unknown. Lived in Pearl River County, Mississippi. Enlisted: 11 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: manufacturing textiles. Serial #34046115 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 2 November 1918, New Orleans, Louisiana. Died: 23 November 2006, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming. His father was Arthur Lee, laborer on river front and his mother was Ethel Warrick, a laundress. Serial #34073325 If…