Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 12 August 1917, LA. Died: 15 September 1990, Natchitoches, LA. Enlisted: 14 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: railroad brakeman. Serial #34072740 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 6 April 1916, Georgiana, Butler, Alabama. Died: 16 January 2004, Pennsylvania. Enlisted; 8 Oct 1941 at Ft. McClellan, AL and discharged 19 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: employed at Murry Stevedore Company. His mother was Annie Mae Wallace. He married Ella Irvin on 15 August 1939…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 18 July 1921, Thomaston, Upson County, GA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 9 August 1941 at Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. His father was Willie Walker, laborer planing mill, and his mother was Leola Walker. Serial #34063819 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 December 1917, Johns Island, Charleston, South Carolina. Died: 20 July 1954, South Carolina. Enlisted: 23 Aug 1941 at Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: general farming. His father was William Walker and his mother was Lydia Walker. Serial #34096619…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 2 October 1919, Columbia, Marion County, MS. Died: 13 February 1995, Columbia, Marion County, MS. Enlisted: 17 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: chauffeur or truck driver. His father was Reeves Toney and his mother was Aby Lewis. His spouses were Annie Eva Rhodes…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 14 December 1914, LA. Died: 26 May 1978, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted:17 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 3 April 1943. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: model pattern maker. In 1940 he was working as a seaman on a ship. In 1945 he returned…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 25 Dec 1918, Mississippi. Died: 22 Jul 2013, Mississippi. Enlisted: 18 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: chauffeur, driver. Serial #34046828 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 September 1916 (1918), Anguilla, Sharkey, Mississippi. Died: 29 May 1985, Anguilla, Sharkey, MS. Enlisted:14 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 25 July 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: general farming. Jessie, Jr’s nickname was “baby.” His father was Jessie Thomas, farmer, and his mother was…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 18 February 1919, Louisiana. Died: 26 May 1981, Mt. Vernon, Westchester, NY. Enlisted: 16 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 28 February 1946. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: routeman. Serial #34073218 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE