Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 3 Oct 1916, St. Landry, Louisiana. Died: 25 Apr 1979, Opelousas, St. Landry Louisiana. Enlisted: 3 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 19 June 1945. Education: grammar school. WWII draft card states he is employed at Deluxe Café. His wife was Mary Lou Norman…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 1917 North Carolina. Died: unk. Enlisted into the Army on 29 Mar 1941 at Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: furniture manufacturing.
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 20 January 1907, Attala County, Mississippi. Died: 6 Sep 1985 Chicago, Cook, IL. Enlisted: 17 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was Samuel Kyles (1871-1961), a farmer, and his mother was Emma Kyles (1880-?)….
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 23 August 1915, Batesville, Panola County, Mississippi. Died: 15 November 1987 Chicago, Cook, IL. Enlisted: 17 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. His wife was Portia Trotter. His father was Hill Kirkwood and his mother was Ethel Buttler. Serial #34046708 If…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 April 1918, Louisiana. Died: 29 June 1984, Keatchie, DeSoto, LA. Enlisted: 12 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: papermill. Serial #34072565 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 12 November 1911, New Orleans, LA. Died: January 1984, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted: 17 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL. Education: grammar school. His father was Louis Kelly and his mother was Goldie Jones. Serial #34073225 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 1918, Louisiana. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: attendant filling station/parking lot. Serial #34072850 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 15 June 1912, Marshall County, MS. Died: 15 January 1967, Memphis, TN. His headstone reads Company C 1311 Engineer Regiment. He was also a member of the 97th Engineer Regiment. Enlisted:23 April1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 17 January 1946. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming. His wife…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 25 March 1918, Louisiana. Died: 6 February 1988, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted: 19 July 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 19 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: chauffeur/truck driver. Serial #34079689 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 September 1920, Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi. Died: 5 July 2001, New York. Enlisted: 4 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. His father was Jesse Johnikin and his mother was Pearl Murray. His wife was Lillian Johnikin (1924-2001). Serial #34045596 If you have information about…