Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: January 2, 1915, Memphis, TN. Died: April 3, 2004, Pennsylvania. Enlisted: August 9, 1941, Hartford, CT and discharged July 5, 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: truck driver, employed by Loft Candy Store. His father was William Ford and his mother was Mattie Bauregard Ford. He married Mamie…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: January 28, 1918, Charleston, SC. Died: November 5, 1977, New York. Enlisted: February 16, 1942, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Everready Cab Company. His father was James Euland and his mothe was Ethel Brown Williams. Serial #34250507 If you have information about this soldier CLICK…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: April 18, 1920, Butler, Taylor, GA. Died: December 8, 2000, Garfield Heights, Cuyahoga County, OH. Enlisted (1) June 24, 1941 (2) November 8, 1945 Regular Army, Field Artillery and discharged June 30, 1961. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Sawmill laborer. His father was John Ellison (1893-1921). His mother…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: July 5, 1916, DeKalb, MS. Died: March 13, 1982, Chicago, Cook, IL. Enlisted: January 22, 1942, Ft. Thomas, Newport, KY and discharged September 23, 1945. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: Employed as a coal loader for Coal and Coke Company. His father was Doug Edwards, a…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: January 15, Elberton, Elbert County, GA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: (1) April 19, 1941 and discharged October 4, 1945. (2) April 16, 1946, Quartermaster Corps, Regular Army. Education: grammar school. His father was Jerry Drake, a farmer, and his mother was Hassie Drake. He married Dorothy Marshall on October…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: July 23, 1918, Inman, SC. Died: February 9, 1966, Knoxville, TN. He died at the age of 47 from chronic myocarditis. Enlisted: January 31, 1942, Ft. Oglethorpe, GA and discharged September 23, 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: cook in a restaurant. His father was Robert Cantrell, a…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: May 13, 1917, Newton, MS. Died: August 14, 1989, Chicago, Cook County, IL. Enlisted: November 18, 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged September 26, 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Cook employed by Alex Mitchical Belmont, Cafe. His father was Dell Brown, a farmer, and his mother was…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: January 28, 1919, Hopkinsville, KY. Died: April 25, 1994, Louisville, KY. Enlisted: February 26, 1942, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, IN. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: porter. His father was Willie Briggs, Sr. (1898-1986), a farmer. His mother was Georgie Mckee Armstrong (1898-1989). His wife was Margaret Briggs (1927-1993). Serial…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: April 14, 1909, Irwinton, Wilkinson, GA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: April 5, 1941, Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 1944. He was hospitalized in December 1943 from a “fall from height”. He was working on the Highway. Discharged in 1944. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: bag checker at a hotel,…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: July 6, 1915, Clifton, Fairfax County, VA. Died: November 1988, Fairfax County, VA. Enlisted: May 20, 1941, Richmond, VA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Section hand, Southern Railway Company. His father was Luther William Anderson and his mother was Sarah Stotts. His wife was Francis Elizabeth Jackson, married…