Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 November 1918, Cambridge, Dorchester County, MD. Died: February 1980, Brooklyn, NY. Enlisted: 13 October 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming. His mother was Elnora Comper Stanley and his father was Cornelius Stanley, a farm laborer. Serial #33068342 If you have information about this soldier…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 28 October 1912, Ingold, NC (WW2 draft card lists birth date as 20 October 1911). Died: 16 February 1994, Modena, NY. Fold 3 also has his name listed as Arie. Enlisted: 12 May 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC and discharged 19 August 1945. His father was John Spearman (1882-?)…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 13 March 1923, Sanderson, Baker, FL. Died: 1 May 1982, Sanderson, Baker, FL. Enlisted: 21 August 1941, Camp Blanding, FL and discharged 21 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming. His father was Frank Smith and his mother was Emma Smith. Serial #34056381 If you have information…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 7 May 1918, Carthage, Leake County, Mississippi. Died: 7 Nov 2003, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Buried: Greenwood Chapel Cemetery, Ofahoma, Leake, MS. Enlisted:15 Apr 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Discharged: 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: general farming. His parents were Reverend Emzy and Osie Matlock Smith….
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 19 March 1919, Copiah County, Mississippi. Died: 9 September 1956, Copiah County, MS. Enlisted: 15 Apr 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: general farming. Serial #34046396 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 1911, Issaquena County, Mississippi. Died: unknown. Enlisted:14 Apr 1941,Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 1 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: general farming. Serial #34046339 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 23 July 1921, Heidelberg, Mississippi. Died: 25 July 1976, Hopkins Park, Kankakee County, IL. Enlisted: 20 Aug 1941 at Camp Blanding, FL. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: gas station or parking lot attendant. He married Helen Marie Brown. Serial #34056357 If you have information about this soldier CLICK…
African American, Company F, Company D and 2nd BN HQ, Alaska Highway. Born: 1922, Louisiana. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 20 Jun 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Regular Army, Corps of Engineers. Education: one year high school. Civil Occupation: carpenter. Serial #14058652 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 7 Dec 1917, Crystal Springs, Mississippi. Died: 16 May 2002, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi. Enlisted:15 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged on 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: stock clerk, 1940 census lists him as a porter for a retail dry goods store. His father…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 24 December 1922, Jacksonville, Florida. Died: 26 August 2013, Riverside, CA. Enlisted: 20 Aug 1941, Camp Blanding, FL. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: routeman. His mother was Carrie Daymon Shannon and he married Gladys Barnes on 28 July 1944 in Duval, FL. Serial #34056299 If you have information…