Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 6 April 1919, Brancheville, SC. Died: 3 April 2000, Detroit, Michigan. Enlisted: 13 January 1942, Ft. George G. Meade, MD. Discharge: 25 December 1945. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: production of clay products (brick). Spouse: Bernice Rigby. Children: Elaine and Phyllis Ann Rigby. His father was…
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 8 March 1919, LaGrange, GA. Died: 8 November 1976, Lansing, Michigan. Enlisted: 27 March 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Discharge: 10 August 1945. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: Butler employed by Roy G. Booker, Atlanta, GA. Serial #34060210 If you have information about this soldier CLICK…
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 10 August 1917 (1919), Ashford, West VA. Died: 14 November 1970, Warren, Trumbull, Ohio. Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Trumbull, OH. Enlisted 13 January 1942, Ft. George G. Meade, MD. Education: two years high school. Employed at Indian Rock Dam in York, PA. Spouse: Gussie Stubbs Sasfras. Son: Edward L….
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 7 June 1920, St. Louis, Missouri. Died: 20 July 1989, Mississippi. Buried: Ellisville Cemetery, Ellisville, Mississippi. Enlisted 19 November 1945, Regular Army, Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: ticket agent and in 1940 Census he worked at a feed wholesale house. Spouse: Juanita Colleus…
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 4 October 1918, GA. Died: 27 March 1978, Franklin, OH. Buried at Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, OH. Enlisted: 14 November 1941, Ft. Hayes, Columbus, OH. Discharge: 27 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: garage laborer. His father was Frank Grace and mother Lucy Grace. Serial #35037753…
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 22 January 1918, GA. Died: 30 May 1971, Cleveland, OH. Buried: Highland Park Cemetery, Highland Hills, OH. Enlisted 11 August 1941, Buffalo, N.Y. Discharge: 14 June 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: truck farmer Serial #32028401 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 24 January 1916, Tusgaloosa, AL. Died: 29 January 1974, Cleveland, OH. Enlisted: 14 April 1941, Ft. Hayes, Columbus, OH. Discharge: 9 November 1945. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: Hotel kitchen worker. Spouse: Robert, age 51, a waiter, married Virgie Bowles Jackson on 12 September 1967 in…
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 12 December 1914,Vincent, Ohio. Died: 29 December 1976, Columbus, OH. Buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Zanesville, OH. Enlisted: 13 March 1941, Pittsburgh, PA. Discharge: 11 November 1945. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: elevator operator and retired construction worker. Spouse: Alice Green married “Ed” on April 20,…
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 7 February 1908, Mississippi. Died: June 1982, Akron, OH. Enlisted: 14 April 1941, Ft. Hayes, Columbus, OH. Education: four years high school. Civilian Occupation: Shipping and receiving clerk. Spouse: Emily L. Wesley Woods, born 1915, worked at St. Thomas Hospital and died in 2002. Emily and John were…
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 26 June 1918, Twiggs, GA. Died: 25 February 1987, Bibb, GA. Enlisted: 8 November 1841, Ft. Benning, GA. Discharge: 26 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. Serial #34065077 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE