Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 1919, Marion, SC. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 3 April 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: grammar school. Serial #34090312 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 29 Aug 1917, S. C. Died: 28 January 1979, N. Y. Buried: Calverton National Cemetery. Enlisted 28 June 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. Service #34094140 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company, 97th Regimental Photographer. Born: 12 November 1917, Baltimore, MD. Died: 26 October 2009, MD. He enlisted on 11 August 1941, Baltimore, Maryland then boarded a train at Mount Royal Station for Fort Meade, Maryland where he completed his basic training. His father, William Thomas Griggs, born in Maryland…
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 31 December 1920, Napoleonville, LA. Died: 22 February 1999, LA and buried at Restlawn Park Cemetery, Fretna, LA. Enlisted: 28 March 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. and discharged 10 November 1945. Education: one year college. Civilian occupation: truck/taxi driver. Father: Andrew Thomas. Mother: Orelia Johnson Thomas. Serial…
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 9 August 1920, Lutcher, St. James, LA. Died: 29 March 1996, LA and buried at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Calcasieu Parish, LA. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FLA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Mechanic. Spouse: Helen Payne Aubert (1918-2001). The 1930 census listed his father, Albert…