Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 21 April 1918, Montgomery County, Mississippi. Died: 3 June 1992, Chicago, IL. Enlisted: 16 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: chauffeur or truck driver. His father was George Butler, a farm laborer, and his mother was Nannie Taylor….
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 1913, Richmond, Toombs County, Georgia. Died: 27 January 1950, Chatham, GA. Enlisted: 12 May 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: cook. His father was Benjamin Burley, a farm laborer, and his mother was Jensen Burley. In 1930 he lived with his brother William Burley, a…
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 January 1918, Wilson County, NC. Died: 15 March 1994, Wilson County, NC. Enlisted: 12 May 1941 Ft. Bragg, NC and discharged 22 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: tenant farmer. His father was Joe Brown and his mother was Annie Barnes Brown. Serial #34112264 If you…
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 22 March 1918, Gibsland Web, Louisiana. Died: 28 April 2003, Houston, Harris County, TX. Enlisted:12 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, Florida and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farms. In the 1940 census his father Charlie worked on a cotton farm. His…
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 1915, Carroll County, Mississippi. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 11 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: public service occupation. Serial #34046127 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 26 Jun 1915, Exmore, VA. Died: 17 Jan 2008, Delaware County PA. Enlisted: 28 Jul 1941 at Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland and discharged 12 October 1944.Education: grammar school, 6th grade. Civilian occupation: chauffeur or truck driver. He married Rosalie Washington for the first time on 27 July…
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 November 1921, Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana. Died: 17 Feb 1944, Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana. Enlisted: 15 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, Florida and honorable discharge 16 November 1943. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: messager, errand boy. Serial #34073028 If you have information about this soldier…
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 11 February 1922, Louisiana. Died: 15 (13) May 2009, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted: 12 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farm laborer. His father was Alex Anderson and his mother was Alverda Nelson. Serial #34072558 If you have…
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 11 February 1921, Simmesport, Louisiana. Died: 8 April 1990, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted: 12 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, Florida and discharged 22 November 1946. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farms. His father was Alex Anderson, farm laborer and odd jobs, and his mother was…
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 July 1919, Kinston, Wilson County, North Carolina. Died: 6 November 1996, Burlington County, NJ. Enlisted:12 May 1941 at Ft. Bragg, NC and discharged 6 December 1945. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: Packing, filling and bottling and employed by R.P. Watson Tobacco Co. His father was…