Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 16 April 1910, Philadelphia, PA. Died: 24 August 1977, Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted: 17 May 1941, Philadelphia, PA and discharged 11 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: employed at People’s Garage as a laborer. His father was Joseph Rodgers (1883-1930). His mother was Margaret Gosner Rodgers (1891-1979). He…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 23 April 1918, Savannah, Chatham, GA. Died: 13 December 1986, Savannah, Chatham, GA. Enlisted: 27 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 21 September 1945. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: Porter. His father was Littleton Wesley Miller (1885-1929), a foreman at a US Custom House. His…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 11 November 1922, Gary, Indiana. Died: 5 July 2009, Milton, Santa Rosa, FL. Enlisted: (1) 19 June 1941, Camp Blanding, FL. Enlisted: (2) 13 July 1963 and discharged 31 December 1964. His father was James Green and mother was Rosa Lee Kilker Green. He married Catherine Jones on…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 27 April 1915, Statesboro, Bullock, GA. Died: 6 April 1979, Monessen, Westmoreland, PA. Enlisted: 29 July 1941, Ft. George G. Meade, MD and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: one year high school. His father was George Faulks, 1882-1939 and his mother was Mahaley George Faulks, 1885-1960. Serial #33099050…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 27 May 1908, Greensboro, NC. Died: 27 February 1959, Greensboro, Guilford, NC. Enlisted: 30 June 1941, Baltimore, MD and discharged 18 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: carpenter employed by L.R. Brohill. His father was Ernest J. Evans and mother was Bettie Elizabeth Hayes. His wife was…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 12 April 1923, Moorestown, NJ. Died: 13 April 1967, Philadelphia, PA, age 44, cardiac arrest of undetermined etiology. Enlisted: 23 October 1941, Ft. Dix, NJ and discharged July 1944. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: truck driver. His father was Herbert James Dillard. Serial #32186475 If you have information…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 23 November 1918, Scottsburg, Halifax, VA. Died: 17 December 2000, Pennsylvania. Enlisted: 29 July 1941, Ft. George G. Meade, MD and discharged 14 December 1945. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: cook. His father was Tusker Watkins Boxley and his sister was Mary Beatrice Reed. Serial #33088990…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 23 April 1919, Missouri. Died: 11 May 1986, Pennsylvania. Enlisted: 29 July 1941, Ft. George G. Meade and discharged 30 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: laundering, cleaning, pressing. His father was Julius Smith and his mother was Mattie Heath. He married Vivian V. Bates on 10…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: (Birth Certificate) 11 July 1911 (alternate 22 July 1909) Whaleyville, Nansemond, VA. Died: 13 August 1972, Sedley, Southampton, VA. Enlisted: 10 May 1941 and discharged 20 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: lumberman and farm laborer. His father was Washington Seabreeze (1891-1921), a sawmill worker. His mother…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 27 January 1915, Selbyville, Sussex, Delaware. He lived in Philadelphia County, PA. Died: 9 February 1974, Port Washington, Nassau, NY. Enlisted: 16 May 1941, Ft. George G. Meade, MD and discharged 3 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: truck driver. His father was Elwood Medley, a laborer…