Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 15 September 1916, Lawrence County, Mississippi. Died: 4 July 1980, Jayless, Lawrence, MS. Enlisted: 14 April 1941 Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 17 December 1943. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was Calley May, farm laborer, and his mother was Angie Ratcliff May. Serial #34046362…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 30 June 1914, Fairfield, Buena Vista, Iowa. Died: 21 April 1980, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC. Enlisted: 13 October 1941 at Baltimore, MD and discharged 14 September 1945. Education-grammar school. Civilian occupation: Bootblack. He was married. His uncle was Isaac Hines. Serial #33068257 If you have information about this soldier…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 11 November 1917, New Orleans, Louisiana. Died: 10 May 1982, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 3 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: warehouse man, laborer. His father was Frank Manuel and his mother was Georgiann Smith Manuel….
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 5 May 1905, E. Feliciana Parish, LA. Died: 6 December 1985, Baton Rouge, LA. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 23 November 1945. Education: four years college. Civilian occupation: porter/laborer steam railroad. His father was Samuel Mack (1873-1929) and his mother was Nora Washington…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 2 April 1916 Ville Platte, Evangeline, Louisiana. Died: 1 January 1946, Louisiana. He died two and a half months after discharged from the Army in a Veterans hospital. Enlisted: 12 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged on 21 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 11 September 1921, DeQuiney, Louisiana. Died: 30 November 1998, Carson, Los Angeles, CA. Enlisted: 12 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 12 August 1945. Education: three year high school. His father was John Henry Lewis, laborer at a lumber mill and his mother was…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 2 May 1916, Montgomery County, Mississippi. Died: 13 November 2005, Kosciuko, Attala, Mississippi at a State Veteran’s home. Enlisted: 13 May 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: Grammar school. Civil occupation: General farming. His father was Charlie Pinkney Loggins (1881-1965) a farm laborer. …
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 31 August 1914, Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi. Died: 15 September 1991, Chicago, Cook, IL. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: two years high school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was John Lee and his mother was Claudia Herbert. He lived with his grandparents Saloman…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 13 August 1915 (1913), Dumas, Arkansas. Died: 18 October, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted: 9 May 1941 Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Metal worker, employed at Benny and Wilson Barrel Factory. His father was Joe Lane and his mother was…
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 25 June (July) 1919, Baldwin, St. Mary, Louisiana. Died: 20 February 1993, Baldwin, St Mary, Louisiana. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farm laborer and employed at Myles Salt Company in Iberia, LA. His father…