Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 21 May 1919, Talbot, MD. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 11 August 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: kitchen worker at hotel or restaurant. His father was William Palmer and his mother was Mollie Virginia Palmer. Serial #33065690 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 1922, Spartanburg, SC. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 29 June 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: attendant at filling station/parking lot. Serial #34094270 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 17 March 1920, Spartanburg, South Carolina. Died: deceased, date unknown, South Carolina. Enlisted: 28 August 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: three years high school. Civilian occupation: 1940 census records Victor as a dishwasher at a drug store. Spouse: Odessa R. Philson. His father was Wyatt Philson, a…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 22 May 1919, Abbeville, SC. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 27 August 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: Employed by A. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Winston-Salem, NC as a stemmer. His father was Walley L. Posey, a sweeper at the tobacco factory, and mother…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 1922, Louisiana. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 28 March 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farmer. His father was Willie Roberson, a laborer at a sawmill, and mother was Azulla. Serial #34030186 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 2 August 1922, NC. Died: 6 October 1975, Rowan, NC. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Nursing Assistant in a Nursing home. His father was Robie Robert Rowe and his mother was Janie Branch. Serial #34032649 If you have information about…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 9 January 1923, Hampton Hamp, South Carolina. Died: 5 April 1992, Brooklyn, NY. Enlisted: 27 August 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Discharged: 24 December 1945. Education: grammar school. His father was Ben Reed and his mother was Agnes Whitlock. Serial #34096924 If you have information about this soldier…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 24 February 1922, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Died: 26 November 2000, Baton Rouge, LA. Enlisted: 28 March 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: chauffeur/driver truck or cab. His father was Samuel Stewart and his mother is Irene Coleman. Serial #34030189 If you have information about…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 21 July 1918 (1919), Mt. Pleasant, SC. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 28 March 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farmer. Serial #34032512 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 8 May 1916, Harnett, NC. Died: January 1993, NC. Enlisted: 2 April 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farmer. His father is Jack Spears, a farm laborer, and his mother is Sadie McLean Spears. Serial #34032709 If you have information about this soldier CLICK…