Alaska Highway, A Company. Born: 9 September 1916, Martinsville, Indiana. Died: 24 October 2005, Columbus, Indiana. Enlisted 19 January 1942 at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. Education: four years high school. Occupation: Shipping clerk at Montgomery Ward. Spouse: Lillian June Adkins. Father : Benjaman H. Adkins a track foreman on the railroad. Mother: Elsie D. Long.