Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 December 1913, Pembroke, Bermuda, British West Indies. Arrived to New York on USS Ft. Hamilton on 7 June 1922. He lived in Kings, NY. Died: unknown. Enlisted: (1) 5 December 1935, New York National Guard, 369th Infantry, Company C. Discharged: 17 May 1938 due to fraudulent enlistment. Enlisted: (2)…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 September 1910, Greensboro, Guilford, NC. Died: 29 June 1974, Chapel Hill, Orange County, NC. Enlisted: 14 May 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC and discharged 20 November 1945 Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: Waiter at Carolina Inn and listed on his death certificate, Taxi driver. His father…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 18 March 1913 Sallis, Attala County, Mississippi. Died: 5 November 1988, Sallis, Attala County, Mississippi. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: four years high school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was Tommie Stingley (1875-1957), a farm laborer and his mother was Maggie Guyton (1874-1919)….
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 1918 Hinds County, Mississippi. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 27 May 1941 at Jackson, MS, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers. Education: one year college. Civilian occupation: clerk at retail grocery store. His father was Walter R. Stewart, proprietor of a grocery store and his mother was Mable. Serial #14053828 If…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 26 September 1913, Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi. Died: 24 December 1986, Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: In 1930 he was a janitor in a Variety Store and in 1940 he was…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 July 1919 Alabama. Died: 23 June 1982, Tacoma Pierce County, WA. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 3 August 1945. Education: grammar school. He married Doris Toney on 5 February 1946 in Vancouver, Clarke County, WA. He married his second wife,…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 1919 Yazoo County, Mississippi. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 18 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Serial #34046898 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 3 January 1917, Louisiana. Died: 18 April 1980, East Baton Rouge, LA. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Jacksonville, Army Airfield, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: shoe maker/repair. He married Doretha Christopher Smith (1922-2006). Serial #34072948 If you have information about this soldier CLICK…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 1920, Jackson County, Georgia. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 14 August 1941 at Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: janitor/sexton. Serial #34063921 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 March 1916, Bolivar County, MS. Died: 14 April 1990, Memphis, TN. Enlisted: (1) 17 April 1941 and discharged 11 January 1946. (2) 12 January 1946 and discharged 5 January 1947. He was Regular Army. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Manufacture electric equipment. He married Reola Simpson (1927-2005)….