Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 8 June 1923, Jasper, Walker County, AL. Died: 21 May 1985, Cook County, IL. Enlisted: 26 May 1946 Chicago, IL, Regular Army, Quartermaster Corps. Education: two years high school. Civil occupation: laborer. He married Mildred Clark on 8 July 1941. Serial #34161291 If you have information about this…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 1918, West Virginia. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 7 November 1941, Huntington, West Virginia. Education: two years high school. Serial #35214629 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 June 1913, Coahoma County, MS. Died: 10 January 1987, Indiantown, Martin, FL. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 12 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming. Serial #34046284 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 25 December 1914, Maryland. Died: 28 February 1996, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: 14 October 1941, Baltimore, MD and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: stock clerk. His father was William Carroll and his mother was Emma Hall. Serial #33068375 If you have information about this soldier…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 20 Dec 1918, Wilson County, North Carolina. Died: 25 Dec 1975, Richmond, VA. He was buried in Wilson County, Elm City, NC. He was in Richmond when he died from thermal burns due to a house fire. Enlisted: 12 May 1941 at Ft. Bragg, NC and discharged 20…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 5 Oct 1918, King George, Virginia. Died: 16 Jul 1986 Washington, D.C. Enlisted: 14 Oct 1941 at Baltimore, MD and discharged 12 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: employed at Bethlehem Steel Company at Sparrow Point, MD. His father was James P. Bumbry, a farmer, and his…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 Nov 1918, Lawrence County, Mississippi. Died: 1 Jul 2007 Berkeley, Alameda, California. Enlisted:14 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: two years high school. Civil occupation: general farming. Married. His father was John Buckley, a farmer, and his mother was Cora Buckley. Serial #34046350 If you have…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 1914 Georgia. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 24 Jun 1941 at Ft. Benning, GA. Education: two years high school. Civil occupation: general farming. Serial #34062367 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 March 1913, Sunflower County, MS. Died: 12 May 2003, Greenville, MS. Enlisted: 17 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming. On his WW2 draft card his residence was St. Louis, MO. He was employed by Fred White in St. Louis. Serial #34046795 If…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 12 August 1914, Calhoun Quachita Parish, Louisiana. Died: 22 November 1978, Quachita Parish, LA. Enlisted:15 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was Huller Britton, a farmer, and his mother was Jane Perkins…