Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C . Born: 9 June 1922 (1923) Arden, Buncombe, NC. Died: 14 August 1987, Asheville, NC. Enlisted: 27 August 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Discharged: 26 December 1945. Education: three years high school. Civilian occupation: general farming. His father was Rev. Fredrick McDowell and his mother was Laura Lance. Isaac married…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 13 November 1915, Little Rock, Arkansas. Died: 17 July 1959, Little Rock, Arkansas. Buried: Little Rock National Cemetery, Arkansas. Enlisted: 29 August 1941, Arkansas. Discharged: 21 December 1945. His father was Ed Blackburn. Serial #37069684 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 19 April 1919, St. Laundry, LA. Died: 19 December 1987, Harris, TX. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: kitchen worker in hotel or restaurant. He married Elizabeth Steward on 26 October 1946 in Harris, TX. Serial #34030346 If you have information…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 15 July 1919, Rowland, Robeson, NC. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: cook. His aunt was Marie Oliver. Serial #34032587 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 17 August 1917, Sampson, NC. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 1 April 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. His mother was Bettie Carroll. Serial #34032692 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 3 December 1919, Copiah County, MS. Died: 25 September 1975. Enlisted: 28 March 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Discharged: 20 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. His father was Louis Crump and his mother was Anna. Serial #34045260 If you have information about this soldier CLICK…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 15 August 1919 (1918), Bamberg County, SC. Died: 13 March 1990, Denmark, Bamberg, SC. Enlisted: 2 April 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Discharged: 5 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. His father was Henry Ceriouse and his mother was Janita Staley. Serial #34090243 If you…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 10 December 1918, Williamsburg County, SC. Died: 29 August 1956, Richmond, SC. Enlisted: 29 June 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Discharged: 9 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. His father was Henry Cyers and his mother was Janie Paul Cyers. His wife was Janie Mae…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 30 September 1922, GA. Died: 12 October 2001, NJ. Enlisted: 25 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Discharged: 13 September 1944. His father was Homer L. Childs and mother was Laura Childs, both of Camillia, GA. Homer married Donella Whitfield of Camillia, GA on 1 December 1943. There is…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 26 December 1917, Frederick, MD. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 11 August 1941, Baltimore, MD. Discharged: 8 November 1945. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: janitor and in 1940 census he was a hired hand (farm laborer) for a private family named England. His uncle was Ogle Sewell. Serial…