Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born:1 March 1919, Tennessee (alternate from draft card, Lexington, KY). He lived in Marion County, Indiana. Died: 26 October 1973, Fayetteville, NC. Enlisted: 21 March 1941, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana and discharged October 1943. He was hospitalized in August 1943 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana with the diagnosis of Dementia…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 4 September 1919, Sandy Level, Henry, VA. Died: 20 October 1988, Tarentum, Allegheny, PA. Enlisted: 29 July 1941, Ft. George G. Meade, MD and discharged 16 October 1945. Education: 4 years high school. Civilian occupation: Garage Laborer employed by Charles Miller. His father was Marion Shelton, a driver…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 16 April 1910, Philadelphia, PA. Died: 24 August 1977, Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted: 17 May 1941, Philadelphia, PA and discharged 11 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: employed at People’s Garage as a laborer. His father was Joseph Rodgers (1883-1930). His mother was Margaret Gosner Rodgers (1891-1979). He…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 23 April 1918, Savannah, Chatham, GA. Died: 13 December 1986, Savannah, Chatham, GA. Enlisted: 27 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 21 September 1945. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: Porter. His father was Littleton Wesley Miller (1885-1929), a foreman at a US Custom House. His…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 11 November 1922, Gary, Indiana. Died: 5 July 2009, Milton, Santa Rosa, FL. Enlisted: (1) 19 June 1941, Camp Blanding, FL. Enlisted: (2) 13 July 1963 and discharged 31 December 1964. His father was James Green and mother was Rosa Lee Kilker Green. He married Catherine Jones on…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 27 April 1915, Statesboro, Bullock, GA. Died: 6 April 1979, Monessen, Westmoreland, PA. Enlisted: 29 July 1941, Ft. George G. Meade, MD and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: one year high school. His father was George Faulks, 1882-1939 and his mother was Mahaley George Faulks, 1885-1960. Serial #33099050…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 27 May 1908, Greensboro, NC. Died: 27 February 1959, Greensboro, Guilford, NC. Enlisted: 30 June 1941, Baltimore, MD and discharged 18 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: carpenter employed by L.R. Brohill. His father was Ernest J. Evans and mother was Bettie Elizabeth Hayes. His wife was…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 12 April 1923, Moorestown, NJ. Died: 13 April 1967, Philadelphia, PA, age 44, cardiac arrest of undetermined etiology. Enlisted: 23 October 1941, Ft. Dix, NJ and discharged July 1944. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: truck driver. His father was Herbert James Dillard. Serial #32186475 If you have information…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 23 November 1918, Scottsburg, Halifax, VA. Died: 17 December 2000, Pennsylvania. Enlisted: 29 July 1941, Ft. George G. Meade, MD and discharged 14 December 1945. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: cook. His father was Tusker Watkins Boxley and his sister was Mary Beatrice Reed. Serial #33088990…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 23 April 1919, Missouri. Died: 11 May 1986, Pennsylvania. Enlisted: 29 July 1941, Ft. George G. Meade and discharged 30 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: laundering, cleaning, pressing. His father was Julius Smith and his mother was Mattie Heath. He married Vivian V. Bates on 10…