Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: February 1918 (1919), Williamsburg, SC. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 29 June 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: grammar school. His father was Louis Gadson and mother was Maria Gadson. Spouse: Dorothea McGill Gadson. Serial #34094352 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 12 July 1916, SC. Died: 12 December 2011. Enlisted: 27 August 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: two years college. Civilian occupation: manufacture automobiles. Spouse: Rosa Lee Gerald. Serial #34096822 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 30 June 1918, Lee, AL. Died: 11 February 1952, AL. Enlisted: 4 April 1941, Ft. McClellan, AL. Discharged: 6 May 1944. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Sawmill operator at Snelling Lumber Co. His mother was Ada Grover. Serial #34100372 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 1917, GA. Died: 28 December 1950, Baldwin, GA. Enlisted: 28 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: milkman. Serial #34062802 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 1920, NY. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 11 August 1941, Camp Upton Yaphank, NY. Education: grammar school. Serial #32164664 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 6 April 1919, Moore, NC. Died: 27 July 1998, Moore, NC. Enlisted: 26 August 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Discharged: 5 January 1946. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Sawmill. His father was Luther Davis and mother was Mary Petty Davis. Serial #34118680 If you have information about this…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 30 September 1918, Fayetteville, NC. Died: 21 January 1964, Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted: 3 April 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: cook. His father was Earle Dillard and his mother was Nettie Price Dillard. Spouse: Annie Dillard. Serial #34110042 If you have information…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 9 July 1911, SC. Died: 17 February 1993, Essex, NJ. Enlisted: 28 June 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: grammar school. His father was Charlie Davis and mother Louise Hall Davis. In 1930 census his parents worked as janitors in churches. Serial #34094160 If you have information…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 1 June 1922, Rome, GA. Died: 5 April 1981. Enlisted: 16 March 1946, Ft. Benning, GA, Regular Army, Quartermaster Corps. Education: grammar school. Serial #34062843 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 20 August 1919, Craven, NC. Died: 6 February 1993 New Bern, NC. Enlisted: 28 March 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Discharged: 5 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming and on his WW2 draft card he worked for Crisp Register. Serial #34032503 If you have information about…