Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 7 September 1919, Pontotoc County, Mississippi. Died: 26 December 1984, Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Enlisted: 11 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 6 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farms. His father was John Key, a farm laborer, and his mother was Sharlotte Key. Serial #34046202…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 1913, Pontotoc County, Mississippi. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 13 May 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: Railroad brakemen. Serial #34048827 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 September 1917,Washington County, Mississippi. Died: 24 November 1992, Aurora, Kane, IL. Enlisted: 14 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 18 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: farming. His father was Willie Jones and his mother was Alberta Miller. Serial #34046234 If you have information about…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 3 April 1918, New Albany, Union County, Mississippi. Died: 3 September Youngstown, OH. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: janitor and sexton.In 1940 census he worked as a laborer in wholesale grocery. His father was Julius…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 15 August 1922, Winnfield, Louisiana. Died: 21 March 1993, LA. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: chauffeur, driver. His father was Orange Johnson and his mother was Lena Gille. Serial #34072829 If you have information about…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 29 August 1915, Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi. Died: 19 August 1995, Buffalo, Erie, NY. Enlisted: 14 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farms. His father was John Jenifer and his mother was Selen Russell. He married Theresa Harris on 29 August 1946…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 4 November 1915, Sunflower County, Mississippi. Died: 12 June 1973, Los Angeles, California. Enlisted: 17 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 16 December 1945. Education: one year high school. In the 1940 census he was a farm laborer and lived with his grandmother Dora Bates. His father…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 18 July 1922, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. Died: 19 March 1987, Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farms. His father was Harris Joiner, a farm laborer, and his mother was Irene Joiner. Serial…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 January 1916, Richmond County, North Carolina. Died: 14 December 1981, Salisbury, NC. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: furniture manufacture. Employed by Hayworth Roll and Panel Company in High Point, NC. His father was…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 August 1921, Gulfport, Marion County, Mississippi. Died: 25 January 2007. Enlisted: 17 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: Blasters and Powderman with the State Highway Department. His father was Charlie Holt and his mother was Nancy Hart. He…