Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 1921, Noxubee County, Mississippi. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. Serial #34046407 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 March 1915, Bossier Parish, LA. Died: 19 April 1989, LA. Enlisted: (1) 12 April 1941 and (2) 12 January 1946, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 18 March 1947. Education: three years high school. Civilian occupation: general farming. He is married. Serial #34072627 If you have information about…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 24 November 1914, Caseyville, MS. He lived in Alexandria, LA. Died: 8 August 1999, Brookhaven, Lincoln, MS. Enlisted: 16 April 1941 Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. His father was Charlie Williams, farm laborer, and his mother was Lessie Haney. His wife was…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 July 1914, Copiah, Mississippi. Died: 24 May 1991, Hermanville, Claiborne, MS. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: chauffeur/truck driver. His father was Jeff Wilbert and his mother was Josephine Green. Serial #34046379 If you have information…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born:28 February 1918, Clarksdale, Quitman, MS. Died: 4 March 1990, Detroit, Wayne, MI. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 25 October 1945. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: general farming. His father was Willie White, farm laborer and his mother was Elnora Pittman White. He…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 4 August 1918, Jefferson County, Alabama. Died: 6 July 1974, Birmingham, Jefferson, AL. Enlisted: 13 May 1941 at Ft. McClellan, Alabama. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: City Garbage Company. His father was Joseph Waters and his mother was Gertrude Hughes Waters. He married Louise Herd Water on 25…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 September 1907, Washington County, Mississippi. Died: 30 January 1977, Aurora, Kane, IL. Enlisted: 14 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 16 June 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. He was married. Serial #34046230 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 19 June 1908, Carlisle, Cumberland County, PA. Died: 20 October 1962, Harrisburg, PA. Enlisted: 28 July 1941, Ft. George G. Meade, MD and discharged 20 October 1945. Education: three years high school. Civilian Occupation: Janitor/clerk/worked on WPA project in Carlisle, PA. His father was Marshall Walker (1859-?) and…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 14 September 1919, Noxubee County, Mississippi. Died: 30 July 1993, Los Angeles, California. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: three years high school. Civil occupation: houseman/yardman. Serial #34046406 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 18 December 1917, Port Gibson, Claiborne, MS. Died: 6 March 1983, Kansas City, Jackson, MO. Enlisted: 4 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. He married Mary Louise Gilmore (1908-1997) on 5 March 1968. Serial #34045621 If you have information about…