Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 1916, Alabama. Died: August 1986, Buckatunna, Wayne, MS. Enlisted: 13 May 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: laborer at sawmill. He married Johnnie May. Serial #34048823 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 February 1919, LA. Died: 2 June 1979, L.A. California. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming. His father was John Taylor, a farmer, and his mother was Candis. Serial #34072954 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 29 March 1919, Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi. Died: 17 July 1988, Greenwood, Leflore County, MS. Enlisted:15 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 10 July 1944. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: training school NYA, part time sheet metal worker. His father was William Sisson, brick mason WPA…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 18 September 1913, Wetumka, Oklahoma. Died: 29 October 1964, Los Angeles, CA. Enlisted: 21 Oct 1941 at Los Angeles, California and discharged 2 June 1943. Education: two years high school. Civil Occupation: 1940 laborer cotton farm, truck driver, chauffeur. His father was Charlie Shaffer and his mother’s maiden…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 February 1919, New Orleans, LA. Died: 21 July 1974, Baton Rouge, LA. Enlisted: 14 December 1942 and re-enlisted 11 December 1945, Regular Army, Transportation Corps. Education: one year high school. Serial #34073393 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 6 May 1917, Carrolton, GA. Died: 20 Jul 2001, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio. Enlisted: 8 Dec 1941 at Ft. Thomas Newport, KY. Education: three years high school. Civil Occupation: Janitor/sexton, porter in restaurant. His father was Garfield Ringer (1887-1951), WPA laborer, and his mother was Unia Jones (1891-1968). He…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway, 1922 Service Command Unit. Born: 28 March 1909, New Orleans LA. Died: 5 May 1968, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted: 17 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 1 August 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: plasterer, building construction. In 1930 census his father, John was a…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 20 Sep 1914, Talbot, GA. Died: 23 Jan 1971, Detroit, Michigan. Enlisted: 11 Oct 1941 at Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: WPA road work. His father was John Revel and his mother was Sara. Serial #34064292 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 27 August 1906, Louisiana. Died: 4 April 1985, Minden, Webster, LA. Enlisted: 12 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 18 May 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: chauffeur or truck driver. His father was John Herbert Reaves (1881-1963) and his mother was Ella Reaves (1882-?) Serial…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 Dec 1905, Raleigh, Smith County, MS. Died: 4 Mar 1968, Raleigh, Smith County, MS. Enlisted: 14 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 15 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: House and Yard man. Serial #34046137 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE