Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 14 September 1913, Winn, St. Maurice, LA. Died: 13 February 2002, Campti, Natchitoches, LA. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL. Education: grammar school. His father was Joel Brown, a farmer, and his mother was Emma Powell Brown (1885-1966). Serial #34072933 If you have information about this…
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 January 1918, Wilson County, NC. Died: 15 March 1994, Wilson County, NC. Enlisted: 12 May 1941 Ft. Bragg, NC and discharged 22 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: tenant farmer. His father was Joe Brown and his mother was Annie Barnes Brown. Serial #34112264 If you…
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 February 1915, Alabama or Mississippi. Died: 2 March 1979, Chicago, Cook County, IL. Enlisted: 15 Apr 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: driver truck, tractor, taxi, bus. He married Christine Lowery. His father was Paul Brown and his mother was Ella J. Clark. Serial…
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 15 Sep 1912, Mississippi. Died: unknown. Enlisted:14 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 11 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: tailor. Serial #34046324 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 22 March 1918, Gibsland Web, Louisiana. Died: 28 April 2003, Houston, Harris County, TX. Enlisted:12 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, Florida and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farms. In the 1940 census his father Charlie worked on a cotton farm. His…
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 28 February 1916, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Alabama. Died: 15 August 1973, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Alabama. Enlisted: 8 Aug 1941 at Ft. McClellan, Alabama and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: housemen and yardmen. He married Annie Marrell Brewster. His father was Linsey Scott and his mother…
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 1915, Carroll County, Mississippi. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 11 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: public service occupation. Serial #34046127 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 3 September 1917, Louisiana. Died: 17 November 1979, Louisiana. Enlisted: 17 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 15 November 1944. Education: three years of college. Civil Occupation: teacher. His father, Sidney Blunt, was an auto mechanic and his mother Maggie Arnold was a housewife. …
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 26 Jun 1915, Exmore, VA. Died: 17 Jan 2008, Delaware County PA. Enlisted: 28 Jul 1941 at Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland and discharged 12 October 1944.Education: grammar school, 6th grade. Civilian occupation: chauffeur or truck driver. He married Rosalie Washington for the first time on 27 July…
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 4 December 1917, Tangipahoa, LA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 17 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: employed at McCarroll Lumber Company, Denham Springs, Livingston, LA. His father was Sullivan Bell and he married Mildred Bell. Serial #34073291 If you have information about…