Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 18 April 1919, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Died: 10 May 2008, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD. Enlisted: 12 August 1941 at Baltimore, MD and discharged 11 January 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: chauffeur/truck driver and laborer general work with NYA. His mother was Mary Isabel Johnson. Mary…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 14 March 1919, Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York. Died: 20 September 2005, Oxford, Chenango, NY. Enlisted: 15 August 1941 Buffalo, New York and discharged 25 December 1943. Education: three years high school. Civilian occupation: general farming, laborer WPA. His father was Charles Phillip Johnson and his mother was…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 March 1916, Orangeburg, SC. He lived in Bloxom, Accomack County, VA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 14 August 1941, Richmond, VA and discharged 13 August 1946. Education: grammar school. His sister was Annie Lawrence. Serial #33097569 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 30 October 1922, Louisiana. Died: 24 December 1973, Louisiana. Enlisted: 12 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 8 January 1946. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: woodworking. Serial #34072594 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 29 December 1918, Allendale, South Carolina. Died: 12 January 1974, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina. Enlisted: 29 March 1941 at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina and discharged 7 September 1944. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: In 1940 he worked for Moore’s Smelting Company. His father was Charlie Jamison and his…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 March 1910, Montgomery, Alabama. Died: 2 January 1980, Montgomery, AL. Enlisted: 9 July 1941 at Montgomery, AL, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers and discharged 25 July 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: chauffeur/truck driver. His father was Willie Jackson and his mother was Polly. He married Annie…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 28 October 1914, Mississippi. Died: 21 August 1982. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. Serial #34015079 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B and H&S, Alaska Highway. Born: unknown. Died: unknown. Enlisted: unknown. Serial #34072919 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 25 February 1918, Columbia, Marion County, MS. Died: 8 March 2003, Oklahoma City, OK. Enlisted: 17 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 14 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farm laborer/chauffeur/truck driver. His father was Jesse Irving and his mother was Mattie Jefferson. Serial #34046787 If…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 20 April 1919 Dublin, Coahoma County, Mississippi. Died: 10 July 1995, Clarksdale, Coahoma County, MS. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: truck driver. In the 1940 census he was employed on a cotton farm. His father…