Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 1922, Texas. Died: unknown. Enlisted: October 1945, Regular Army, Quartermaster Corps, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: manufacture electrical equipment. Serial #38043273 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 October 1919, Norfolk, New Kent County, Virginia. Died: 16 August 1986, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: 15 Jan 1942, Richmond, VA and discharged 20 June 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: laborer shipyard. His father was Paul Jones, caulker shipyard and his mother was Mattie Jones, a domestic. He…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 14 March 1919, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Died: 21 September 2001, Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted: 15 Jan 1942, Ft. George G. Meade, MD and discharged 21 November 1945. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: manufacture textiles. His father was Alfred William Jones and his mother was May Deborah Owens Jones….
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 8 July 1917, Marshallville, Georgia. Died: 4 October 1981, Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted 15 Jan 1942, Ft. George G. Meade, MD and discharged 6 January 1946. Education: three years high school. Civilian Occupation: new worker. His father was Jesse F. Jones, porter railroad, and his mother was Ella Jones….
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Regular Army, Corps of Engineers. Born: 22 November 1909, Lee County, Georgia. Died: 3 August 2000. Enlisted: 16 Aug 1940, Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 14 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: painter, construction. His father was Gus Jones, farm laborer and his mother was Racksy. Serial #…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 11 March 1918, Rich Square, North Carolina. Died: unknown. Lived in Philadelphia County, PA. Enlisted: 13 January 1942, Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland and discharged 3 January 1946. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: bartender and in 1940 he was a truck driver for a lumber yard. His father…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 19 June 1916, Charleston, South Carolina. Died: May 1971, Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted: 13 Jan 1942 at Ft. George G. Meade, MD and discharged 28 August 1946. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: unskilled routeman and in 1940 census he worked in a leather factory. His mother was Katie Perry. Serial…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 March 1923, Louisiana. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 9 June 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL, Regular Army Corps of Engineers. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: carpenter. His father was Lee Johnson, a barber, and his mother was Mildred. Serial # 14050587 If you have information about this…
African American, Company D and H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 July 1923, Danville, Virginia. Died: 19 February 1987, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Enlisted: 22 August 1941 at Ft. Bragg, NC and discharged on 3 December 1945. Highest rank promoted was First Sgt. Education: one year high school. Civil Occupation: sawmill. On WWII draft card his cousin…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 1919, North Carolina. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 12 May 1941 at Ft. Bragg, N.C. Education: grammar school. In 1930 census his father was Jim Jacob, farm laborer and his mother was Lula Jacobs. Serial # 34112248 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE