Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 September 1918 on headstone, but SSN death index shows birthdate of 1 October 1916, South Carolina. Died: 26 March 1991 on headstone, Houston, Harris County, TX. Enlisted: 8 Oct 1941 at Ft. Jackson, SC. Education: two years high school. His father was Allen Crosby and his mother…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 20 November 1919, Fauquer, VA. Died: 29 April 1991, Washington, D.C. Enlisted: 4 November 1941, Richmond, VA and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. His father was Thomas Corbin and his mother was Maggie Lane. He married Mildred A. Gray (1926-2005) on 29 October 1948. Serial #33120930…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 7 March 1921, Brown College, TN. Died: 12 October 1980, Minnville, Warren, TN. Enlisted: 29 Oct 1941 at Ft. Oglethorpe, GA and discharged on 15 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: salesperson. In 1940 census he was employed as a laborer in a marble yard. His father…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 20 Nov 1920, Demopolis, Alabama. Died: 30 Jun 2001, Boston, Massachusetts. Enlisted: 16 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 21 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: sawmill laborer. His wife was Dorothy Chapman. His father was Ben Cooks, a block setter at a…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 26 November 1923, Adams County, Mississippi (Poaskin, LA). Died: 15 May 1984, Los Angelos, CA. Enlisted:11 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farm laborer. His father was Herman Colbert and his mother was Bessie Gaylor. Serial #34046965 If you have information about this…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 13 November 1918 (1917), Tuscaloosa County, AL. Died: December 1981, Tuscaloosa County, AL. Enlisted: 7 October 1941, Ft. McClellan, AL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: sawmill laborer at WW Deal Lumber Company. His father was Tom Clark, a farmer, and his mother was Cherry Clark. His spouse was…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 12 Mar 1917, New Orleans, Louisiana. Died: 21 Nov 1952, New Orleans, Louisiana. Enlisted: 29 Mar 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: chauffeur, truck driver. His WW2 draft card listed him as employed at A&P Tea Company. His aunt was Mrs. Pearl…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 9 March 1918, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Died: 16 February 1983, Louisville, KY. Enlisted: 9 Dec 1941, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: three years high school. Civil occupation: porter. His father was Richard F. Carter, a still cleaner for an oil manufacturing company and…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 22 September 1917, Louisiana. Died: 28 October 1966, Robeline, Natchitoches, LA. Enlisted: 12 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: lumberman laborer hauling pulp wood. His father was Levy Calhoun, a farmer, and his mother was Julia…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 November 1919, Apalachicola, FL. Died: 25 November 1980. Enlisted: 22 October 1941, Camp Blanding, FL and discharged 3 January 1944. Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: Sawmill and on WW2 draft card was recorded employment at Quinn Fisheries. His father was Will Byrd and his wife was Laverne…