Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 6 August 1920, Lauderdale County, MS. Died: 16 December 1973. Enlisted: 28 March 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Discharged: 7 April 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: service man, mechanic. His wife was Lucile. Serial #34045199 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 13 December 1918, Quincy, FL. Died: 20 March 1986, Leon, FL. Enlisted: 4 April 1941, Camp Blanding, FL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming and his WW2 Draft card record employment by Perrin and Thompson. His mother was Fannie Butler. Serial #34051063 If you have information about this…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born:11 November 1916, Hyde, NC. Died: April 1982, Washington, DC. Enlisted: 28 March 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farm laborer and also employed at New Bern Ice Plant. Willie, age 21, married Geneva Green, age 24, on 31 December 1936. Their children were Andrew and…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 28 February 1919, Charles County, MD. Died: 14 April 1996, Indian Head, MD. Enlisted: 12 August 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: Sawmill operator. His father was George N. Greer, a farm laborer, and his mother was Rachel A. Ross, a maid in a…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 11 March 1916, Chatham County, GA. Died: 8 June 2009, Savannah, GA. Enlisted: 28 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: Grammar school. His father was William Ferguson, worked as a stevedore in a warehouse and his mother was Ada Ferguson. Serial #34062840 If you have information about this…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 26 September 1920, Hinds County, MS. Died: 7 November 1957, IL. Enlisted: 21 August 1940, Jackson, MS. He was Regular Army, Corps of Engineers. Discharged: 12 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: carpenter. He served with the 3158 Quartermaster Service Company and also was assigned to the…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 1914, Chatham County, GA. Died: 9 July 1960, Chatham, GA. Enlisted: 6 April 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: chauffeur/driver truck or cab. Serial #34060404 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 1 February 1917, Elizabeth, SC. Died: August 1985, Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted: 30 January 1941, Philadelphia, PA. Discharged 7 November 1945. Education: grammar school. On his WW2 draft card, he was employed by Mobile Gas Company. His father was Bishop Anderson, a laborer at the Navy Yard and his…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 16 April 1907, Winterville, NC. Died: 10 July 1989 Williamston, Rocky Mount, NC. Enlisted: 3 April 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: janitor/sexton. His father was Allen Edwards and mother was Liddie Wimberly Edwards. His sisters are Elsie E. Brown and Mary L. Smith. He…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 11 January 1918, Dickson, TN. Died: 11 November 1996, Waverly, TN. Enlisted 25 Marych 1941, Ft. Oglethorpe, GA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming and retired construction worker. His father was Albert Primm, a farmer, and his mother was Bertha Edmonson. His sons are Bradley, Kenneth, and Robert…