Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 4 February 1922, Jasper, Jones County, Mississippi. Died: 5 August 2003, Detroit, Wayne, MI. Buried at Mt. Hope Memorial Gardens, MI. Enlisted:17 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: sawmill. His father was Will Vaughn and his mother was…
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Serial #33068394 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 2 June 1919, Norfolk, Virginia. Died: 14 November 1994, Newport News, Virginia. Enlisted:14 Aug 1941 at Richmond, VA and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. His father was James Tynes and his mother was Elnora Lee Tynes. His daughter was June Banks of Hampton, VA and his…
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 11 August 1915, Culpepper, Virginia. Died: 13 October 1997, Brandy Station, Culpepper, Virginia. Enlisted: 13 August 1941 at Richmond, VA and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: Stableman. He was employed with Brandy Rock Farm. His father was Alfred Hughes Tyler, farm laborer and his…
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers. Born: 9 Sep 1919, Brookhave, Hinds County, Mississippi. Died: 21 Nov 1978, NY. Enlisted: 5 Jun 1941 at Jackson Mississippi and released from active duty on 6 Oct 1945. Education: four years high school. His father Joseph worked as a laborer at a wood…
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 12 June 1912, Muscogee, GA. Died: 7 April 1965, Muscogee, GA. Enlisted: 24 November 1945, Ft. McPherson, Atlanta, GA. He reup with a detached enlisted men list, Regular Army. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation manufacturing electrical machinery, construction quartermaster at Ft. Benning, GA. His father was Gazway W….
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 26 June 1918, Stafford County, VA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 14 August 1941, Richmond, VA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farm laborer. His father was John Thomas, a farm laborer and his mother was Mary L. Thomas. Serial #33097722 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 19 January 1914, Monticello, GA. Died: 9 July 1984, Miami, Dade County, FL. Enlisted: 12 February 1946, Camp Blanding, FL. He reup in 1946, Regular Army and discharged 6 April 1947. Education: grammar school. His wife was Elizabeth Thomas. Serial #34056495 If you have information about this soldier…
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway, veteran WW2 and Korea War. Born: 13 May 1916, Ousley, GA. Died: 27 December 1978 at hospital at Langley Air Force base, Hampton, VA. Enlisted: 1941 and assigned to 93rd Engineers. He re-up 14 November 1946, Ft. Benning, GA, Regular Army, Air Corps. Education: two years high school. Civilian…
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 20 March 1919, E. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Died: 19 October 1976, Detroit, Wayne, MI. Enlisted: 15 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 6 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: general farming. His father was Harris Taylor, Sr., farm laborer, and his mother was…