Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 1922, Jefferson County, Mississippi. Died: unknown. Enlisted:11 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: general farming. Serial #34046197 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 1918, North Carolina. Died: 1 July 1975, Buffalo, Erie, New York. Enlisted: 15 August 1941, Buffalo, New York. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Bellman. Serial #32028552 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company F, Medical Detachment, Alaska Highway. Born: 29 March 1917, Leflore County, Mississippi. Died: 6 November 1960, Chicago, Cook County, IL. Enlisted: 15 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 7 March 1945. Education: grammar school. Spouse #1 Nora Jefferies, married 28 December 1951 and Spouse #2 Lovie Perry married 18 December…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 January 1919, Des Sabine, Louisiana. Died: 26 (24) June 1999, Dallas, TX. Enlisted: 9 May 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 25 August 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farm laborer. His father was Alfe Midkiff and his mother was Lena Edmunson. He married Julia G….
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 18 May 1919, Weymouth NS, Canada. Died: 11 December 2004, Essex, Massachusetts. Enlisted:15 Jul 1941, Boston, Massachusetts and was discharged 20 November 1945. Education: four years high school. Civil Occupation: He was employed as a finisher in a shoe factory. His father was James I. Middleton, a linoleum…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 August 1919, Butts County, Georgia. Died: 31 March 1961, Butts County, Georgia. Enlisted: 7 November 1941 at Ft. Benning, GA. Honorable discharge 21 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: general farming. Spouse: Lorene S. Middlebrooks. Serial #34064953 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 July 1920, Mississippi. Died: 19 February 1961, Muscogee County, GA. Buried at Ft. Benning, GA. Enlisted: 12 January 1946, Camp Shelby, MS, Regular Army, Medical Administrative Corps. His residence was New Orleans, LA. Education: grammar school. His wife was Louise Tiramell McKenney. Serial #34072871 If you have…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 15 December 1922, Missouri. Died: 10 April 1961, Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted:14 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: three years high school. In 1940 census Charles was a delivery boy at a drug store. His father, Charles McEwen, Sr, was a shoe shiner in a barber shop and…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 25 April 1914 (1915) Kentucky. He lived in Summit County, Ohio. Died: 14 October 1985, Akron, Summit County, OH. Enlisted: 14 November 1941 at Cleveland, OH and discharged on 24 August 1945. Education: four years high school. Civil Occupation: construction. In 1940 census he worked as a laborer…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 1918, Muscogee County, Georgia. Died: unknown. Enlisted:11 Oct 1941 at Ft. Benning, GA. Education: one year high school. Civil Occupation: laundry, cleaners. Serial #34064305 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE