Filla, Roman C. 2nd Lt.
Alaska Highway, Company C
Tag: Company C
Cataldo, Henry 1st Lt.
Alaska Highway, Company C
Hilgendorf, Daniel D. 1st Lt.
Alaska Highway, Company C
Roux, John Stephen Sgt
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 September 1916, New Orleans, Louisiana. Died: 24 September 2001, Los Angeles, CA. Enlisted: 16 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: grammar school. Occupation: chauffeur/truck driver and in 1940 he was a cook at a restaurant. His father was John Baptist Roux (1873-1933), a printer for…
Quiet, Thomas Pfc
African American, Alaska Highway, Company C. Born: 15 June 1914, Jackson, LA. Died: 10 May 1978, Berkeley, Alameda, CA. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 24 September 1945. Education: grammar school. His father was Johnnie Quiet and his mother was Nellie Johnson. His wife is Emma Quiet, married her in 1940….
Nolan, Donald William Cpl.
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 July 1919, Maryland. Died: 7 September 1998, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: 13 October 1941 Baltimore, MD and discharged 28 March 1945. Education: three years high school. Civilian Occupation: porter at Read’s Drug Store, and he is a retired postal worker. His father was Charles Nolan and his mother…
Dunn Jr, Franz Clarence Staff Sgt.
African American, Alaska Highway, Company C. Born: 13 August 1918, Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana. Died: 25 August 1979, Monroe, Ouachita, LA. Enlisted:15 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 2 April 1945. Education: four years of high school. Civilian occupation: laborer at a Lumber Mill. His father was France Dunn, laborer sawmill/lumber yard…
Boyd, Jr, Robert Platt Colonel
Alaska Highway, Company C Commander, Civil Engineer. Born: 21 August 1911, Alabama Died: 22 November 2000, Alabama. Buried at Auburn Memorial Park. He graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute [Auburn University] and after retirement from the Army, he taught industrial engineering at Auburn for fifteen years. He was one of the original officers in the cadre assigned to the…
Anding, Leroy T/5
African American, Alaska Highway, Company C. Born: 25 October 1920, Ruston, Lincoln, Louisiana. Died: 7 March 1997, Clearlake Park, Lake, California. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: Waiter. He was the orderly and driver for Capt. Robert P. Boyd, Company C Commander. His father was Willie Levester Anding…