Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 8 October 1918, Wilcox, FL. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 3 April 1941, Camp Blanding, FL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: construction and his WW2 card records his employer as CC Sparkman at Crystal River Citrus, FL. His father is Prescot Skylark, a laborer at a turpentine factory, and his…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 1 May 1914, South Carolina. Died: 7 September 1968, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: 28 March 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farmer. His father is Jerome and mother is Julia. Serial #34090056 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 8 February 1919 (1920), Edgefield, SC. Died: 29 May 1992, Detroit, MI. Enlisted: 6 August 1941, Camp Upton Yaphank, NY. Education: two years college. Civilian occupation: teacher. He married Lilla J. Anderson on March 20, 1943. Serial #32164033 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 17 February 1921, Philadelphia, PA. Died: 12 August 1942, Alaska. Buried at National Cemetery in Beverly, N.J. Enlisted: 28 July 1941, Ft. George G. Meade, MD. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: messenger/errand boy. His mother is Elsie Vance, a housekeeper for a private family, a sister,…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 9 April 1917, South Carolina. Died: 31 March 2017, Loris, SC. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: grammar school. Spouse: Vera Staley Serial #34090156 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 7 November 1919, South Carolina. Died: 16 November 1974, Richland, SC. Enlisted: 4 April 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Discharged: 26 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farmer. Serial #34090325 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 11 April 1919, Roebuck, South Carolina. Died: 12 July 2004, Spartanburg, SC. Enlisted: 27 August 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farmer. His father was Dugas Shands and his mother was Arrie Butler. Serial #34096921 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 8 November 1915, Darnestown, MD. Died: 2 March 1963. Enlisted: 12 August 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: one year high school. He was employed by Sherrin Fire at Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, MD. His mother was Estelle Thomas. Serial #33065770 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 21 December 1919, Jackson Butt, GA. Died: 21 August 1997, Henry, GA. Enlisted: 27 March 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Farmer. His father was Tom Thomas and his mother was Susie B. Smith. Serial #34060228 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 25 April 1922, West Point,Troup, GA. Died: 30 May 2000, LaGrange, GA. Enlisted: 24 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Discharged: 26 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: messenger/errand boy. His father was Henry Traylor and his mother was Nannie Winston. Serial #34062324 If you have information about…