Green, John L. T/5
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
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Garner, Monroe T/5
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 26 February 1919, St. Joseph, Tensas, LA. Died: 22 August 1995, Chicago, Cook County, IL. Enlisted: 18 November 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 27 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: truck driver. His father was Willie Garner and his mother was Martha Wilson (Mathew) 1896-1973….
Freeman, Rodney T/5
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 28 March 1915, New York County, NY. Died: 29 May 1981, Bronx, NY. Enlisted: 9 September 1941, Camp Upton, Yaphank, NY and discharged 7 July 1945. Education: two years high school. His father was Robert Freeman and his mother was Grace Cisco. He married Nellie Tarleton (1916-2002) on…
Finley, Cloyce Lovell T/5
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 2 December 1919, Bayview, Jefferson, AL. Died: 15 January 1994, Pennsylvania. Enlisted: 31 October 1941, Ft. George G. Meade, MD and discharged 9 July 1945. Education: two years high school. Civil occupation: truck driver. The 1940 census records him as a laborer on CC Road Construction. His father…
Epps, Charles Wade T/5
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 13 February 1917, Washington, DC. Died: September 1983, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: 8 May 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: four years high school. Married. Civilian occupation: clothes presser in tailor shop. His father was James Epps, a salesman in a retail shoe store. His mother was Alice May Epps. Serial:…
Ector, Julius Curtis T/5
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 5 April 1917, Washington, GA. Died: 26 May 1982, Atlanta, GA. Enlisted: 27 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 2 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: delivery man for Randall Brothers Coal Company. His father was Elbine Ector and his mother was Laura Ector. Serial #33062688…
Booker, James Irvin SSgt
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 22 December 1917, Jackson, Amelia, VA. Died: 4 April 1990, New Milford, Litchfield, CT. He lived in East Hartford, NY. Enlisted: 19 May 1941, Richmond, VA and discharged 19 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farm laborer employed by James Scott. His father was Nathaniel Booker, general…
Brown, John H. Sgt
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 1912, South Carolina. Died: unknown. He lived in Washington, DC. Enlisted: 30 June 1941, Baltimore MD. Education: three years high school. Civilian occupation: truck driver. He was married. Serial #33063640 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
Woodson, George Earl Cpl
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 14 March 1910, (alternate 4 March 1910), Patterson, NJ. Died: 2 April 1974, Richmond, VA. Enlisted: 17 May 1941, Richmond, VA and discharged 23 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: death certificate lists retired cement finisher. His father was William Woodson and his mother was Rebecca Wooldridge….
Anderson, James Edgar T/5
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born:1 March 1919, Tennessee (alternate from draft card, Lexington, KY). He lived in Marion County, Indiana. Died: 26 October 1973, Fayetteville, NC. Enlisted: 21 March 1941, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana and discharged October 1943. He was hospitalized in August 1943 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana with the diagnosis of Dementia…