Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: April 18, 1920, Butler, Taylor, GA. Died: December 8, 2000, Garfield Heights, Cuyahoga County, OH. Enlisted (1) June 24, 1941 (2) November 8, 1945 Regular Army, Field Artillery and discharged June 30, 1961. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Sawmill laborer. His father was John Ellison (1893-1921). His mother…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: July 5, 1916, DeKalb, MS. Died: March 13, 1982, Chicago, Cook, IL. Enlisted: January 22, 1942, Ft. Thomas, Newport, KY and discharged September 23, 1945. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: Employed as a coal loader for Coal and Coke Company. His father was Doug Edwards, a…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: January 15, Elberton, Elbert County, GA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: (1) April 19, 1941 and discharged October 4, 1945. (2) April 16, 1946, Quartermaster Corps, Regular Army. Education: grammar school. His father was Jerry Drake, a farmer, and his mother was Hassie Drake. He married Dorothy Marshall on October…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: July 23, 1918, Inman, SC. Died: February 9, 1966, Knoxville, TN. He died at the age of 47 from chronic myocarditis. Enlisted: January 31, 1942, Ft. Oglethorpe, GA and discharged September 23, 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: cook in a restaurant. His father was Robert Cantrell, a…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: May 13, 1917, Newton, MS. Died: August 14, 1989, Chicago, Cook County, IL. Enlisted: November 18, 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged September 26, 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Cook employed by Alex Mitchical Belmont, Cafe. His father was Dell Brown, a farmer, and his mother was…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: January 28, 1919, Hopkinsville, KY. Died: April 25, 1994, Louisville, KY. Enlisted: February 26, 1942, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, IN. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: porter. His father was Willie Briggs, Sr. (1898-1986), a farmer. His mother was Georgie Mckee Armstrong (1898-1989). His wife was Margaret Briggs (1927-1993). Serial…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: April 14, 1909, Irwinton, Wilkinson, GA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: April 5, 1941, Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 1944. He was hospitalized in December 1943 from a “fall from height”. He was working on the Highway. Discharged in 1944. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: bag checker at a hotel,…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: July 6, 1915, Clifton, Fairfax County, VA. Died: November 1988, Fairfax County, VA. Enlisted: May 20, 1941, Richmond, VA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Section hand, Southern Railway Company. His father was Luther William Anderson and his mother was Sarah Stotts. His wife was Francis Elizabeth Jackson, married…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: April 5, 1915, White Hall, Albemarle, VA. Died: March 9, 1973, Albermarle County, VA. Enlisted: May 15, 1941 and discharged September 18, 1945. Civilian occupation: laborer at a lumberyard. His father was Joseph Preston Wood (1875-1951) and his mother was Elizabeth Belle Keller. Serial #33061746 If you have…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: April 26, 1911, Crisfield, MD. Died: May 17, 1985,. Bridgeton City, Cumberland, NJ. Enlisted: June 17, 1941, Trenton, NJ and discharged July 7, 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: foreman with Starfish Fertilizer Company. He married Elizabeth Ricks in 1930. Serial #32156687 If you have information about this…