Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 November 1918, Selma Dallas, Alabama. Died: ?4 April 1958. Enlisted: 8 October 1941 at Ft. McClellan, Alabama. Education: two years high school. Civil occupation: 1940 census lists longshoreman for Walsh Stevedore Company. 1940 draft card records employment at Mobile Crane Company. His mother was Elizabeth Williams Hale. …
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 14 August 1919, Mamou, Evangeline, Louisiana. Died: 29 January 2009, St. Landry, Louisiana. Enlisted: 12 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: general farming. His father was Fabus Gradney and his mother was Seda Fontenot.His wife was…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 July 1921, Campbell County, Kentucky. Died: 16 July 1995, Uniondale, Nassau, NY. Enlisted: 7 November 1941 at Ft. Thomas Newport, KY. Education: one year high school. Civil Occupation: porter.His father was John H. Goode and his mother was Zelma Fox. Serial # 35131739 If you have information…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Serial # 32160636 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 March 1922, Wade County, North Carolina (alternate-Newport News, VA). Died: 30 January 2001, Newport News, Virginia. Enlisted: 14 August 1941 at Richmond, VA and discharged 17 May 1946. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: truck driver, chauffeur. His father was Willie Simon Gaddie and his mother was Annie…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 October 1919, Livingston Parish, LA. Died: 22 May 2010, St. Louis, MO. He is buried at Jefferson Barracks, MO. Enlisted: 17 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: lumberman, employed at Deniger Lumber Company. His wife was…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 1920, Mississippi. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 30 January 1946, Alexandria, LA, Regular Army Corps of Engineers. Education: grammar school. He was married. Serial # 34073281 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 30 April 1919, Louisa, Loudoun County, Virginia. Died: 23 May 1993, Virginia. Enlisted: 14 August 1941 at Richmond, VA and discharged 30 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: semiskilled in machine shop. In 1940 census listed as laborer at a lumber yard. His father was Charlie Fountain, laborer…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 23 March 1908, California/Baton Rouge, LA. Died: 21 August 1970, Los Angeles, CA. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: cook. Serial # 34072946 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 29 April 1901, Brooklyn, New York. Died: 1 October 1978, Alexandria, VA. Enlisted: (1) 25 March 1919, Co. I 15th Infantry, New York Guard redesignated Co E on 25 July 1919. In 1920 census he is recorded as US Army soldier, detachment cavalry, living at Highlands, Orange New…