Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway. Company D, 2LT. National Guard. Corps of Engineers. Born: 6 September 1917, Riniolinio, Jefferson County, OK. Died: 31 January 1994, Norman, Cleveland, OK. Enlisted: 16 September 1940, Norman, OK. He was an officer with the segregated 97th Engineer Regiment. He with the 97th landed at Valdez, Alaska on 29 April 1942. Three feet…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 5 February 1921, Mullins, Marion, SC. Died: 21 October 1998, Oakland, MI. Enlisted: 27 August 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Discharged: 20 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: fabrication metal products. His father was William Rembert Reaves (1884-1932), a brick layer and mason. His mother was Lizzie…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 30 October 1915, Newberry, SC. Died: 2 April 1986, Richland, SC. Enlisted: 27 August 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Discharged: 21 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. His father was Walter Ruff and his mother was Elvira Ruff. Serial #34096797 If you have information about…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Veteran of WW2 and Korean War. Born: 26 June 1919, Cleveland, OH. Died: 6 February 1951. Pfc Ross served with the Second Division, 9th Infantry, Light weapons during the Korean War. He was captured and died while a prisoner of war. Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie, NY. Enlisted: 14 January…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 27 December 1919, Peters Twp, Mercersburg, PA. Died: 17 November 1985, Mercersburg, PA. Enlisted: 13 January 1942, Ft. George G. Meade, MD. Discharged: 6 November 1945. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: general farming employed by Alvie Louver, Farmer, Ft. Loudon, PA. He married Margaret Reaney on March 1942….
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Serial #34100141 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 29 December 1918, Aiken, SC. Died: 2 December 1997, Salley, Aiken, SC. Enlisted: 4 April 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Discharged: 8 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farm laborer and a truck driver. His father was Boliver Jesse Quattlebaum (1890-1944) and his mother was Bessie Kitchings…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 1 August 1919, SC. Died: 23 February 1973, Bloomfield, NJ. Enlisted: 28 August 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Discharged: 23 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: general farming. Family member, Lula Peterson, a cook for a private family. Serial #34096943 If you have information about this soldier…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 22 April 1918, Orangeburg, SC. Died: 4 January 1999, SC. Enlisted: 29 June 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Discharged: 21 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: general farming. His father was James Perry and his mother was Mary Johnson Perry. Serial #34094331 If you have information about…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 13 June 1911, Coffee County, GA. Died: 13 May 1982, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas. Enlisted: (1) 10 November 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Enlisted: (2) 25 February 1944. Discharged: 8 February 1946. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farm laborer. His father was Nobis Phillips and his mother was Martha…