Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 1913, Montgomery, GA. Died: March 1985. Enlisted: 25 June 1941 Ft. Benning, GA. Education: three years college. Civilian occupation: teacher, primary school. Serial #34062456 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 4 December 1921, Russell, Alabama. Died: 19 November 1995, Chicago, ILL. Enlisted: 16 August 1940, Ft. Benning, GA, Regular Army. Education: four years high school. His father was Clifford James and mother was Lugeania Roberts. Eugene married Dorothy L. Crawford on 4 February 1943. Serial #14015201 If…
African American, Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 15 February 1923, Tampa, Florida. Died: 30 November 2004, Los Angeles, CA. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Camp Blanding, Florida. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: Hotel kitchen worker. His father was Arthur Burton, Sr and his mother was Palmelee Lockett. He married Mary L. Witt on 4…
African American, Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 29 September 1913, Indianola, Mississippi. Died: 16 January 1989, Chicago, ILL. Enlisted: 11 April 1941, Chicago, ILL. Discharged: 24 December 1945. Education: three years high school. Civilian occupation: porter. His father was Louis Marshall and mother Mary E. Harris. Serial #36020090 If you have information about this soldier…
African American, Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 1921, North Carolina. Died: unk. Enlisted 28 March 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: one year high school. In the 1940 census he was a farm laborer. Serial #34032507 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 1916, Robinson Springs, Alabama. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 6 February 1946 at Ft. McPherson, GA , Regular Army, Quartermaster Corps. In 1940 census he was a private in the 24th Infantry at Ft. Benning, GA. Education: Four years high school. Civilian occupation: automotive mechanic. Serial #6392072 If you…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 October 1910, Concordia, Louisiana. Died: 3 July 1985, Ferriday, Concordia, LA. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 12 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: 1930 census lists him as a farm laborer. His mother was Chain Ellis. He is married. Serial…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 4 October 1909, Attala County, Mississippi. Died: 16 December 1991, Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: carpenter. His father was Henry Washington (1879-?), a farm laborer and his mother was Isabelle “Sadie” Heron Washington (1880-?). He married…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 14 September 1915, Banner, Calhoun County, Mississippi. Died: 11 May 1991, Memphis, Shelby County, TN. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: Sawmill. His father was Jack Hervy, farm laborer, and his mother was Rachel Gillard. Serial #34046419…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 July 1918, South Carolina. Died: 17 March 1980, Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted: 22 August 1941, Ft. Jackson Columbia, SC and discharged 13 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Serial #34096599 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE