Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 20 October 1915 (headstone states 20 October 1915). Died: 9 July 1988, Tyler, Smith, Texas. Enlisted: 3 April 1941, Houston, Texas. Discharged: 28 November 1944. Buried: Tyler Memorial Park and Cemetery, Tyler, TX. Spouse: Norma Wilson (1926-2002). First Lt. Henry Wilson a member of Company D with the segregated 97th…
Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 31 December 1914, Edmore, Ramsey County, North Dakota. Died: 19 April 2002, Portland, Washington County, Oregon. Enlisted: 13 June 1942. He was a college graduate with a degree as a soil surveyor. As a civilian he was employed with the government as a soil scientist. He arrived to the Alaska…
Alaska Highway. Company H&S and D. Born: 26 October 1918, Altoona, Blair County, PA. Died: 6 May 2015, York County, PA. Enlisted: 22 March 1941, Harrisburg, PA. Discharged: 28 January 1946. He graduated from Camp Hill High School and in 1940 he graduated from State University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Agronomy. Second Lt….
Alaska Highway. Company D, E and F. Born: 6 December 1918, Seattle, Washington. Died: 17 January 2012, Portland, Oregon. Enlisted: 7 April 1941, Tacoma, WA. In WW2, he served in Alaska, Okinawa, Iwo Jima and France and Italy. He arrived at Valdez, Alaska in 1942, three feet of snow covered the ground, with the 97th…
Alaska Highway. H&S Company, Captain. Corps of Engineers. Born: 30 January 1907 Newark, NJ. Died: 20 August 1993, Lavallette, NJ. Buried: St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Toms River, Ocean County, NJ. Edward graduated from Linden High School in New Jersey and in 1929 he graduated from Rensselaer College in Troy, NY with a degree in Civil…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 1905, MS. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 9 April 1941, Chicago, IL. Education: four years high school. Serial #36018023 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 10 September 1916, Atlanta, GA. Died: 25 May 1987, DeKalb, GA. Enlisted: 28 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: laborer at National Window Cleaning Co. His father was John Williams. Serial #34062841 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 28 July 1919, Greene County, GA. Died: 14 December 1971, NY. Enlisted: 26 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Discharged: 8 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: shoe shine at Cooke and Thurman barber shop. His father was Lee Carter Wyatt and his mother was Addie Davis. Walter,…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 3 December 1921, Roxbury, NC. Died: 10 June 1950. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: general farming. Serial 34032621 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 28 August 1919, NC. Died: 6 September 1947, Bronx, NY. Buried: Cedar Landing Cemetery, Windsor, NC. Enlisted: 6 August 1941, Camp Upton, Yaphank NY. Discharged: 19 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: lumberman. Serial #32164042 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE