Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 30 October 1922, Louisiana. Died: 24 December 1973, Louisiana. Enlisted: 12 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 8 January 1946. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: woodworking. Serial #34072594 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 29 December 1918, Allendale, South Carolina. Died: 12 January 1974, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina. Enlisted: 29 March 1941 at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina and discharged 7 September 1944. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: In 1940 he worked for Moore’s Smelting Company. His father was Charlie Jamison and his…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 March 1910, Montgomery, Alabama. Died: 2 January 1980, Montgomery, AL. Enlisted: 9 July 1941 at Montgomery, AL, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers and discharged 25 July 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: chauffeur/truck driver. His father was Willie Jackson and his mother was Polly. He married Annie…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 28 October 1914, Mississippi. Died: 21 August 1982. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. Serial #34015079 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B and H&S, Alaska Highway. Born: unknown. Died: unknown. Enlisted: unknown. Serial #34072919 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 25 February 1918, Columbia, Marion County, MS. Died: 8 March 2003, Oklahoma City, OK. Enlisted: 17 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 14 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farm laborer/chauffeur/truck driver. His father was Jesse Irving and his mother was Mattie Jefferson. Serial #34046787 If…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 20 April 1919 Dublin, Coahoma County, Mississippi. Died: 10 July 1995, Clarksdale, Coahoma County, MS. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: truck driver. In the 1940 census he was employed on a cotton farm. His father…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 November 1919, South Carolina. Died: 14 September 1964, Buffalo, Erie, New York. Enlisted: 13 August 1941, Buffalo, NY and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: garbage laborer. Serial #32028462 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 January 1919, Monroe County, NY. Died: 10 February 2009, Rochester, Monroe County, NY. Enlisted: 14 August 1941, Buffalo, NY. Education: Grammar school. Serial #32028538 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 23 January 1919, Preston, Caroline County, Maryland. Died: 13 September 1993, Upper Marlboro, Prince George’s County, Maryland. Enlisted: 12 August 1941 at Baltimore, MD and discharged 30 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming, he was employed by H. H. Sasseir. His father was Lawrence Howard,…