Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 13 September 1920, Camp Hill, Alabama. Died: 17 February 1983, Chicago, Cook, IL Enlisted: 13 May 1941, Ft. McClellan, AL. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: hospital attendant, orderly. His mother was Bessie Tinsley, laundress, and in 1930 census a widow. Serial #34103647 If you have information…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 15 June 1915, Gladsen, South Carolina. Died: 5 November 1971, PA. Lived in Allegheny County, PA. Enlisted: 14 January 1942, Ft. George G. Meade, MD and discharged 12 December 1944. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: employed with McCrady Rogers Construction Company. His mother was Janie Fullerton Thompson and his wife…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 3 June 1910, LA. Died: 10 April 1977, Grambling, Lincoln, LA. Buried: China Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. He died in a Veterans Hospital in Shreveport, LA after a short illness. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: attendant filling station…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 11 August 1917, Gloucester, Virginia. Died: 6 April 1979, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: 11 Aug 1941 at Baltimore, MD and discharged 30 August 1945. Education: four years high school. Civil Occupation: tailor. His father was Cornelius Thomas, gardener for private family and his mother was Mary Pearl, cook for…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 8 August 1916, Amherst County, Virginia. Died: 2 July 1948, Virginia. Enlisted: 14 January 1942 at Roanoke, VA and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: section hand with C&O Railroad. His father was Henry Willis Thomas, a farmer and his mother was Charlotte. After the Highway…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 March 1918, Niagara County, New York. Died: 17 February 1957, Niagara County, NY. Enlisted: 28 Jul 1941 at Buffalo, NY and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: four years high school. Civil Occupation: porter. His father was Harry, a carbon laborer and his mother was Marietta Smith. Serial…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 1919, Mississippi. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 13 Army 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: four years high school. Civil Occupation: carpenter. Serial #34048824 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 8 November 1922, Hollingsworth, Kentucky. Died: 28 November 1998, Columbus, Franklin, OH. He lived in Whitfield County, GA. Enlisted: 13 May 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: cook.His father was John Taylor and his mother was Susie Parker. His wife was Betty Joyce. Death certificate…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 2 June 1920, Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Died: 3 January 2009, Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted: 15 January 1942 at Ft. George G. Meade, MD and discharged 21 November 1945. Education: three years high school. Civil occupation: construction, carpenters helper. His mother was Berthice Station and his father was Andrew…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 27 June 1919, Louisa, VA. Lived in Allegheny County, PA. Died: 10 October 1994, Oakland, Allegheny, PA. Enlisted: 19 November 1941 at Ft. George G. Meade, MD and discharged 19 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: porter/janitor. His father was Ernest Staples and possible step-father was Jessie…