Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 25 December 1922, LA. Died: 11 November 1960. Enlisted: 3 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL. Discharged: 3 July 1945. Education: two years college. Civilian occupation: sawmill. On his headstone and headstone application form it states that he was with the 4244 Service Department that shipped to Gus…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 11 February 1916, Lancaster County, SC. Died: 12 February 1993, Washington, DC. Enlisted: 27 August 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Discharged 11 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: packing, filling, labeling and in 1940 census he was listed as a plow hand on a farm. His father…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 1919, York County, South Carolina. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: janitor/sexton. Serial #34090161 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 12 December 1913, Edgecomb, NC. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 2 April 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming. Serial #34032818 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 June 1917, Wheeler County, GA. Died: 21 February 2001, Eastman, Dodge, GA. Enlisted: 10 May 1941, Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 21 November 1945. Education: grammar school. His father was Sampson Tobler (1892-1973) and his mother was Agnes McRae (1893-?) Serial #34061634 If you have information about…
African American, Company C and F, Alaska Highway. Born: 1919 Georgia. Died: unknown Enlisted: 9 Aug 1941 at Ft. Benning, GA. Education: Grammar school. Civil occupation: porter at YMCA. Married. Serial #34063855 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company F and C, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 Dec 1909, Knoxville, Louisiana. Died: 31 Oct 1966, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi. Enlisted:15 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 4 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: Employed at Three Rivers Hardwood Lumber Company in Jonesville, Catahoula, LA. His father was Ben…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 6 October 1917, Powder Springs, Cobb, Georgia. Died: 19 January 1989, Atlanta, Fulton, GA. Enlisted: 12 May 1941 at Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 7 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: trucker. He preferred to be called Willard and not Jesse. His father was Dewitt T. Young…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 May 1917, Noxubee County, Mississippi. Died: 19 May 1985, St. Louis, Missouri. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 25 July 1945. Education: two years high school. Civil occupation: farm laborer. His father was Charlie Winston, farm laborer, and his mother was Rosanna Winston….
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 2 October 1917, Wilson County, North Carolina. Died: 26 April 1985, Norfolk, VA. Enlisted: 12 May 1941 at Ft. Bragg, NC and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: Custodian at State University and Employed with Imperial Tobacco Company. His father was Dave Shaw and his…