Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 1920, Louisiana. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 12 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: chauffeur/truck driver. Serial #34072628 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 15 December 1917 (1918), Leflore county, Mississippi. Died: 24 September 1983, Chicago, Cook, IL. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: chauffeur or truck driver. His father was Johnnie Brookins, farmer, and his mother was Rebecca Brookins. Both were born in Mississippi. Serial…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 19 May 1919, Mississippi. Died: 8 Dec 1984, Brooksville, Noxubee, Mississippi. Enlisted: 15 Apr 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 16 April 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. Serial #34046455 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 23 November 1916, Chestertown, Kent, Maryland. Died: 12 January 1982, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware. Enlisted: 16 September 1941, Ft. George G. Meade, MD and discharged 18 October 1945, Ft. Jackson, SC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farm laborer. His father was William Black and his mother was Harriet…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 30 May 1923. Cleveland, OH. Died: 13 (10) July 1997, Los Angeles, CA. Enlisted: 14 Nov 1941 at Cleveland, OH and discharged 18 October 1945. Education: two years high school. His father was Pirley Brits and his mother was Idela Garner. Serial #35046657 If you have information about…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 October 1919, Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Died: 3 August 1993, Sacramento, CA. Enlisted:12 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: two years high school. Civil Occupation: waiter. His father was Milton Belle and his mother was Elnora Lotten. Serial #34072601 If you have information about this soldier…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 4 February 1919, Carroll County, Mississippi. Died: 31 January 1984, St. Charles, MO. Enlisted:11 Apr 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: general farming and farm laborer. His father was Elige Beck and his mother was Etella Beck. Serial #34046125 If…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 15 July 1915, Carroll County, Mississippi. Died: 18 December 2008, of heart failure at Greenwood Leflore Hospital in Mississippi. Enlisted: (1)11 April 1941 (2)12 December 1945 and discharged 30 June 1947. Regular Army. Civilian occupation: He was a retired janitor. In 1930 census he was a farm laborer….
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 August 1918, Coushutta, Louisiana. Died: 21 August 1993, Coushatta, Red River, LA. Enlisted:17 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: general farming and farm laborer. His father was Joe Banks, a laborer at a cotton gin,…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 19 November 1920 Mississippi. Died: 17 June 1984. Enlisted: 5 Jun 1941, Jackson, MS, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers. Discharged: 18 September 1945. Education: one year college. Civil occupation: stenographer, typists. Serial #14053884 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE