Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 9 February 1922, Louisiana. Died: 9 March 1984, Oakland, Alameda, CA. Enlisted: 12 April 1941, Jacksonville, Army Airfield, FL and discharged 20 September 1943. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: public service. Serial #34072563 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 13 March 1914, Rayne, Acadia, Louisiana. Died: 10 January 1994. Enlisted: 14 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 15 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farm laborer and delivery boy at a tailor shop. His father was Aldolph White, a farmer, and his…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Serial #34073042 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 4 July 1919, New Orleans, Louisiana. Died: February 1971, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted: 12 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was Stafford White, a farm laborer, and his mother was Sarah Collier White. Serial #34072575 If you…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 18 September 1921, Thomasville, Thomas County, GA. Died: 27 October 1998, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: 10 May 1941, Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 10 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. His father was Frank Washington and his mother was Katie Wilson Washington. His wife was Mary…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 13 August 1922, Louisiana. Died: 4 September 1976, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted: 13 June 1941, Jacksonville, Army Airfield, FL and discharged 30 August 1945. He was in the Corps of Engineers, Regular Army. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: carpenter. His father was Louis Washington, laborer river…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 August 1911, Thomas County, Georgia. Died: 2 October 1993, Thomasville, Georgia. Enlisted: 10 May 1941 at Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: transportation employed by R.K. Tatum with ABC Railroad company. His father was John Warren and his wife was Mary. Serial #34061584 If you…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 15 June 1919, Saratoga, North Carolina. Died: 14 October 1998, Washington D.C. Enlisted:12 May 1941 at Ft. Bragg, NC and discharged 20 Novembr 1945. Education: one year high school. His father was Tump Ward/Jesse Ward and his mother was Dora Moore Ward. He married M.L. Ward on 25…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 24 March 1920, Jasper, Jones County, Mississippi. Died: (1) 23 May 2004, Southfield, Oakland, Michigan. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: laborer at a sawmill. His father was Will Vaugh and his mother was Allie Nixon….
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 29 May 1919, Louisiana. Died: 16 June 1974, Zachary, Baton Rouge, LA. Enlisted: (1) 15 April 1941 and (2) 18 October 1956 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 31 December 1962. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: Chauffeur/truck driver. His mother was Villa Turner and he married…