Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 4 August 1911, Butler AL. Died: 18 September 1982, AL. Enlisted: 2 April 1941, Ft. McClellan, AL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: public service occupation. Married 14 December 1940. Serial #34100215 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 1918, SC. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 28 March 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: sawmill. Serial #34090108 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 26 June 1915, Gibson, LA. Died: 28 December 2003, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: four years college. Civilian occupation: laborer cotton compressor company. His father was Enos W. Sims, a longshoreman on the docks and his mother was Ara E….
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 25 December 1909, Greenville, NC. Died: April 1980, Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted: 25 June 1941, Ft. George G. Meade, MD. Discharged: 4 August 1944. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: chauffeur, driver truck or cab. His father was William Sparkman and his mother was Catherine Sparkman. Serial #33085319 If you…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 8 January 1918, Baltimore, MD. Died: 30 March 1973. Enlisted: 15 August 1941, Richmond, VA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: CCC in Caroline County. His father was George E. Reed, Sr. and his mother was Marie Boone. Serial #33097696 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 25 April 1918, Nash, NC. Died: 19 October 1975, Newport News, VA. Enlisted: 26 August 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Discharged: 26 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Presser at a cleaners. He retired from Mason’s Cleaners. His father was John Parker and his mother Ada L. Perry….
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 6 March 1919, Burlington, NC. Died: 22 September 1964, Greensboro, NC. Enlisted: 28 March 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Boston Cleaners, cleaning, dyeing and pressing. His father was Thomas Morrow and mother Henrietta Morrow. Glen, age 32, married Lettie P. Doggett, age 22, on…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 1 November 1919, NC. Died: 22 September 1981, Brooklyn, NY. Enlisted: 6 August 1941, Camp Upton, Yaphank, NY. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: Laundry, cleaning, dyeing and pressing. Serial #32164028 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 11 October 1917, GA. Died: 5 March 1918, NY. Enlisted: 8 August 1941, Camp Upton Yaphank, NY. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: construction. Serial #32164645 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 27 October 1914, GA. Died: 10 November 2010, Macon, GA. Enlisted: 26 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. He has five sons, twenty-one grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren. Serial #34062579 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE