Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 1921, SC. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 28 June 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: four years high school. Serial #34094257 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 1 August 1918, SC. Died: 5 October 1964. Enlisted: 29 June 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: grammar school. Irvin, age 28, married Doris Jackson on 1 August 1947. Serial #34094330 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 1908, GA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 2 April 1941, Camp Blanding, FL. Civilian occupation: general farming. Serial #34050952 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 1 October 1916, N.C. Died: 26 August 1987, VA. Enlisted: 21 August 1940, Ft. Bragg, NC. Discharged: 25 September 1945. He was in the Corps of Engineers in the Regular Army. Education: grammar school. His spouse is Mildred Billings and their daughter is Wilma Smith. His father is…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 6 June 1919, Savannah, GA. Died: 17 March 2007, Bronx, NY. Buried at Calverton National Cemetery. Enlisted 14 July 1941 Camp Upton Yaphank, N.Y. Discharged: 30 April 1946. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: porter. In 1940 census he is listed as a dishwasher at Home and…
African American. Alaska Highway, Company E. Born: 17 September 1919, Raleigh, NC. Died: 8 January 1998, Raleigh, NC. Buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Raleigh,NC. Enlisted: 26 August 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: three years high school. Civilian Occupation: Porter, Postal Clerk, Mail Carrier and on his WW2 draft card at age 21 he worked at…
African American, Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 20 March 1919, Cataula, GA. Died: 22 December 1994, Muscogee, GA. Enlisted: 27 March 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: sawmill. His father was Alfred Goodwin and his mother was Sallie Walton Goodwin. Serial #34060205 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 23 November 1914 (1913), S.C. Died: February 1996, Buffalo, NY. Enlisted: 10 April 1941, Buffalo, N.Y. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: structural metal worker. In 1930 census, his father Henry Williams, age 39, worked as a laborer in a steel mill. His mother, Alma Williams, age…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 23 September 1921, Marion, AL. Died: 10 April 2003, Washington, D.C. Enlisted: 3 April 1941, Ft. McClellan, AL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Janitor. His father was John B. Underwood and his mother Lizzie Harkum Underwood. Wilbert was married in November 1946. Serial #34100229 If you have…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 23 November 1919, S.C. Died: 29 February 1972, S.C. Enlisted: 28 March 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Discharged: 6 August 1945. Education: unk. Civilian occupation: general farming. Serial #34090059 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE