Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 October 1916, Chickasaw County, Mississippi. Died: 8 August 1981, Houston, Chickasaw County, Mississippi. Enlisted: 13 May 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was Jimmie Reid and his mother was Maggie Batt Reid. He married…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. WW2 and Korea Veteran. Born: 27 October 1915, Montgomery, TN. Died:13 August 1990, Brooklyn, Kings, NY. Enlisted: 1941 and re-enlisted 27 November 1945, Regular Army, Quartermaster, Ft. Sheridan, IL and discharged 24 April 1962. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: manufacture electric equipment. His father was Danile Raimey, farmer, and…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 22 February 1917, Virginia. Died: 19 September 1985, Louisa, Virginia. Enlisted: 24 September 1941 at Baltimore, MD and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: death certificate records laborer is a sawmill. His father was Nicholas J. Quarles, a farmer and his mother was Malinda Straughn….
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 21 January 1915, Baltimore, Maryland. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 13 October 1941 at Baltimore, MD. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: mechanic/repairman, employed at Park Circle Motor Company. His mother was Lottie Pryor. Serial #33068276 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 20 February 1919, Toombs County, GA. Died: 4 September 1998, Toombs County, GA. Enlisted: 17 December 1945 US Army Air Corps, Savannah, GA. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: delivery boy retail grocery store. His father was William Powell, farm laborer, and his mother was Agnes Powell. Serial #34063828…
African American, Company F, C, and First BN HQ, Alaska Highway. Born: 8 August 1918, Live Oak, Washington County, Florida. Died: 3 May 1987, Los Angeles California. Enlisted: 21 August 1941 at Camp Blanding, FL. Education: four years college. His WW2 draft card listed him as a student at Xavier University. Civil occupation: Waiter. In…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 15 November 1914, New Orleans, LA. Died: 16 July 1992, Buena Vista, Saginaw, Michigan. Enlisted: 17 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: In 1940 he was a laborer in a grocery warehouse. His father was Joseph Phillips, laborer street project, and…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 December 1916, North Carolina. Died: 12 June 1964, Durham, North Carolina. Enlisted: 9 August 1941 at Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 10 January 1946. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: gardener in a green house. His father was Roscoe “Ross” Pettiford and his mother was Adeliade Scott. Serial…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 29 May 1921, Pittsburgh, PA. Died: 9 August 2011, Camilla, Mitchell, GA. Enlisted: 13 August 1941 at Ft. Benning, GA. Education: four years high school. Civil occupation: teacher and he worked with CCC Co 4459, Americus, Sumpter, GA. His father was Willie Cecil Peoples (1895-1960) and his mother…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 27 December 1919, Lennig, Halifax, Virginia. Died: 22 December 1990, Fayetteville, Cumberland, NC. Enlisted: 10 October 1941 at Roanoke, VA and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was Edd “Eddie” R. Penick (1884-1944), a farm laborer and his mother was Patience…