Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 25 April 1914 (1915) Kentucky. He lived in Summit County, Ohio. Died: 14 October 1985, Akron, Summit County, OH. Enlisted: 14 November 1941 at Cleveland, OH and discharged on 24 August 1945. Education: four years high school. Civil Occupation: construction. In 1940 census he worked as a laborer…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 1918, Muscogee County, Georgia. Died: unknown. Enlisted:11 Oct 1941 at Ft. Benning, GA. Education: one year high school. Civil Occupation: laundry, cleaners. Serial #34064305 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 28 April 1922, Claiborne County, Mississippi. Died: 26 December 1944. Enlisted: 11 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: general farming. His father was Adam Marshall, a farmer, and his mother was Flora Marshall. Serial #34046178 If you have information about this soldier CLICK…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 12 October 1910, Como, Mississippi. Died: 6 February 1950 Memphis, TN of abdominal crisis, sickle cell anemia. Enlisted:17 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Honorable discharge 2 May 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: general farming. His father was Henry Mabry, a farmer, and his mother was Hannah…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 7 February 1917, Coahoma County, Mississippi. Died: 23 September 2000, Detroit, Wayne, MI. Enlisted:14 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged on 5 November 1944. Education: grammar school. His father was Alex Lockett and his mother was Sarah McGee. Serial #34046355 If you have information about this…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 20 May 1920, Hamlet, North Carolina. Died: 31 May 2006, Richmond, Virginia. Enlisted:13 October 1941, Baltimore, MD and discharged 25 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: He was employed with Penn RR Company in Cockeysville, MD. His father was Archie Liles, a cook, and his mother was…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 11 Sep 1922, New Orleans, Louisiana. Died: 12 Jul 2003, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Enlisted:13 Jun 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers. Education: two years high school. Civil Occupation: construction. His father was William E. Kohlbatz and his mother was Louise R. Lambert….
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 27 Feb 1922, Cartersville, Georgia. Died: 21 Jul 1995, Fulton County, Georgia. Enlisted: 22 May 1941 at Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. His father was David T. Kennedy, Sr and his mother was Marie Miller. Serial #34061955 I
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 30 Mar 1921, Barton, Louisiana. Died: 18 Feb 1995, Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Enlisted:12 Apr 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: chauffeur, truck driver. In 1940 census he was employed as a farm laborer. His father was Philmore Jones, Sr. and his mother was…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 18 March 1916, Howard County, Maryland. D: unknown. Enlisted: 12 August 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming. His father was Frank Jone, a farm laborer, and his mother was Kate Jones. Laura and John Hension were his grandparents. In the 1940 census Richard was living…