Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 September 1916, New Orleans, Louisiana. Died: 24 September 2001, Los Angeles, CA. Enlisted: 16 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: grammar school. Occupation: chauffeur/truck driver and in 1940 he was a cook at a restaurant. His father was John Baptist Roux (1873-1933), a printer for…
Alaska Highway, African American, Company D. Born: 28 September 1914 (1915), Quincy, Gadsen, FL. Died: 20 November 1993, Bronx, Bronx, NY. Enlisted: 20 August 1941, Camp Blanding, FL and discharged 21 November 1945. Education: Grammar school. Occupation: farm laborer. In 1940 census he lived in Greenville, NC he and was employed by Imperial Tobacco Company. …
African American, Alaska Highway, Company C. Born: 15 June 1914, Jackson, LA. Died: 10 May 1978, Berkeley, Alameda, CA. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 24 September 1945. Education: grammar school. His father was Johnnie Quiet and his mother was Nellie Johnson. His wife is Emma Quiet, married her in 1940….
Alaska Highway, 843rd Signal Corps, Radio Chief for the 93rd Engineer Regiment until they moved out to the Aleutians. Born: 13 Oct 1916, Texas. Died: 4 Jun 1976. Enlisted 8 April 1942 and released 1 Nov. 1945. Education – 4 years of high school. Spouse – Louise. Roy sailed from Seattle to Skagway in April 1942…
African American, Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 4 December 1919, Louisiana. Died: 13 March 2007, Lafayette, LA. Enlisted: 16 Mach 1941 Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 18 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: driver truck, farm laborer and a cook on the Highway. His father was Laster Prejean and his mother was…
African American, Alaska Highway, Company D. Born: 31 Oct 1916, Panola, Mississippi. Died: 27 Aug 2002, Memphis, Shelby, TN. Enlisted: 17 Apr 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and released from active duty on 22 November 1945. Education: Grammar school. Lived in Memphis, TN and in 1954 he was employed as a sheet metal worker. His father was Jairus M. Pratcher…
Alaska Highway, African American, Ranking NCO 93rd Regimental Operations, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers, H&S Company. Born: 9 February 1919, Bolton, Hinds, Mississippi. Died: 21 December 2003, Jackson, Hinds, MS. Enlisted: 11 June 1941 at Jackson, MS. Education: four years of college. Lived in Hinds County, MS. He received a BA degree in economics from…
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 July 1919, Maryland. Died: 7 September 1998, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: 13 October 1941 Baltimore, MD and discharged 28 March 1945. Education: three years high school. Civilian Occupation: porter at Read’s Drug Store, and he is a retired postal worker. His father was Charles Nolan and his mother…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 1918, North Carolina. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 22 Oct 1941 at Camp Upton Yaphank, NY. He lived in New York County, NY. Education: one year high school. Serial #32177909 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S and E Company, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers. Born: 13 June 1922 Lafayette, LA. Died: 25 Apr 2009 Lafayette, LA, age 86. Buried at Fountain Memorial Cemetery, Lafayette, LA. Enlisted: 2 June 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL at age 17 and discharged 6 December 1945. His mother signed a release. Assigned…