Davis, Willie D. T/4
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 1915 Mississippi. Died: unk. Enlisted into the Army on 14 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education-grammar school. Civil occupation-butcher.
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Darensbourg, Douglas Leo T/5
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 11 March 1918, Glynn, Pointe Coupee, Louisiana. Died: 15 May 1979, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: two years high school. Civil occupation: carpenter. His father was Louis Joseph Darensbourg, painter/construction, and his mother was…
Coney, Cleveland A. Pfc
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 Sep 1920 Mississippi. Died: 7 Jun 2003 Arizona. Enlisted into the Army on 1 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education-grammar school.
Cody, K.P. Pfc
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 1922 Mississippi. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 18 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: porter. Serial #34046918 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
Cobbs, Henry Lee Pvt
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 26 August 1919 (1920), Montgomery, Alabama. Died: 16 March 1977, Montgomery, AL. Enlisted: 12 June 1941 at Montgomery, Alabama, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers and discharged 26 July 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: waiter and he was employed at Bradley Veneer Mill. His father was Ellis Cobb…
Clarke, Dalton Pvt
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 29 July 1912 (1917), Yazoo County, Mississippi. Died: 14 December 1985, Washington, D.C. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi and released from active duty on 12 August 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farm. His father was Fred Clark (1875-1955), farm laborer, and his mother…
Chaney, John A. First Sgt
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 5 November 1920, Greensburg, St. Helena, Louisiana. Died: 8 December 1990, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, Florida. Education: one year college. Civilian occupation: painter, construction, maintenance. His father was Ernest Chaney and mother was Mittie Stewart (Whittaker). His wife was Rebecca…
Byrd, Walter Pvt
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 9 April 1916, Garland, Claiborne County, Mississippi. Died: 4 January 1968, Cook County, IL. Enlisted: 11 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: sawmill operation. His father was Amos Byrd, a farm laborer, and his mother was Mallissa Byrd. Serial #34046177 If you have…
Brownridge, John Mark Pvt
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 27 June 1916, Noxubee County, Mississippi. Died: 1 February 1986, Chicago, Cook County, IL. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farms and his death certificate lists his occupation as a foreman in the steel industry. His father was Jonah Brownridge…
Brown, Wallace W. Pvt
African American, Company C Alaska Highway. Born: 1921, Virginia. Died: unk. Enlisted into Army on 22 Sep 1941 at Richmond, VA. Education-grammar school.