Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 1917, South Carolina. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 2 April 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: grammar school. Serial #34090213 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 2 October 1922, Newman, Coweta, GA. Died: 30 December 1999, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri. Enlisted: 27 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Discharged: 10 November 1945. Education: grammar school. His father was Sam Beasley and his mother was Sarah Blankenburg. He married Marian M. Beasley (1919-1985). Serial #34062752 If…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 17 April 1919, Early County, GA. Died: 26 February 1970, Lowndes County, GA. Buried: Valdosta, Lowndes County, GA. Enlisted: 26 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. Serial #34062477 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 1917, Terrell County, GA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 31 March 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: chauffeur/driver truck or cab. Serial #34060356 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 1912, Polk County, FL. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 4 April 1941, Camp Blanding, FL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: attendant, filling station. Serial #34051055 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 27 December 1917, Fitzgerald, GA. He lived in Kings County, NY. Died: 14 November 1993, Tampa, FL. Enlisted: 12 August 1941, Camp Upton, Yaphank, NY. Discharged: 23 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: truck driver with Cargill. He moved to Tampa from Cincinnati in 1946. Serial #32164856…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 11 November 1914, Pickens County, AL. Died: 7 June 1989, Reform, Pickens County, AL. Enlisted: 4 April 1941, Ft. McClellan, AL. Education: grammar school. His father was Jerry Miah Prude, a farm laborer, and his mother was Nancy Prude. Serial #34100379 If you have information about this soldier…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 8 September 1915, Anderson, NC. Died: 18 August 1991, Salisbury, Rowan, NC. Enlisted: 27 August 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Discharged: 27 December 1945. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: he was employed by W. G. Tennil at Robert E. Lee Hotel as a housekeeper and steward. His…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 22 January 1919, Pinewood, Sumter, SC. Died: 21 September 1996, Summerton, Clarendon, SC. Enlisted: 4 April 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. His father was Richard Johnson, Sr and his mother was Mary Brown. Serial #34090375 If you have information about this…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 15 May 1918, Baltimore, MD. Died: 6 April 1980, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: 11 August 1941, Baltimore, MD. Discharged: 22 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: employed at C. Hoffberger and Company. His father was Lake Downs and his mother was Elizabeth Bluc. Serial #33065639 If you have…