Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 6 April 1918, Fincheville, Maryland. Died: 5 October 1998, Caroline County, MD. Enlisted: 7 Aug 1941 at Baltimore, MD. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: House and Yard man. After the war he worked at E.I. Dupont Company as a groundskeeper. His father was Reubin H. Bolden, a laborer…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 29 July 1915, New Castle County, Delaware. Died: August 1969. Enlisted: 23 October 1941 at Ft. Dix, NJ. Education: one year high school. Civil Occupation: driver, chauffeur. His mother was Pearl Black. He lived in Wilmington, Delaware. Serial # 32186435. If you have information about this soldier CLICK…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 28 February 1916, Stapleton, Amherst County, Virginia. Died: 30 March 2011, Madison Heights, Virginia. Enlisted: 14 January 1942, Roanoke, VA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: section hand Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. His father was Jake Andrew Beverly, section hand railroad. His mother was Etta Greene. He married Elnora…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 May 1909, Richland Parish, LA. Died: 19 February 1995, MO. Enlisted: 15 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: chauffeur, driver. His wife was Willie M. Wasson. Serial #34072860 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 12 June 1911 (1910), Louisiana. Died: 24 November 2000, New York. Enlisted: 17 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: bartender. In 1930 census he was employed at a Coca Cola plant. His father was William Banks and his mother was Mary Akins….
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 September 1921, New Orleans, LA. Died: 31 March 1991, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted: 16 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: two years high school. Civil Occupation: carpenter, general farms. His father was William T. Adams and his mother was Lillian Walker. His wife was…
African American, Company C and H&S, Alaska Highway. Born: 8 November 1922, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Died: 24 May 2007, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Enlisted:15 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 13 January 1945. Education: one year high school. He eventually graduated from Southern University. Civilian occupation: mechanic and he retired as a…
Alaska Highway, Medical Corps, H&S Company. Born: 27 Jul 1890 Salem, Ohio. Died: 16 Apr 1972 Bangor, Maine. Veteran of WWI and WWII. Enlisted into the Army on 6 June 1917 and released on 12 October 1945. He graduated at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio and graduated with medical degree at John Hopkins University. In National Guard…
African American, Company B and H&S, Alaska Highway. Born: unknown. Died: unknown. Enlisted: unknown. Serial #34072919 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 19 March 1917, Andover, South Dakota. Died: 8 March 1994, Bates, Butler, Missouri. Enlisted: 22 January 1942, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. Released: 7 December 1945. Education: 4 years high school. Occupation: Farmer. Spouse: Etta Lou Wisdom (1928-2014). Father, Paul L. Abraham and Mother, Mary C.