Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 8 May 1920 McLeod, Mississippi. Died: 24 June 2007, Los Angeles, CA. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: farm laborer. His father was Dan Jones, a farm laborer, and his mother was Rose “Sadie” Robinson. Serial #34046497 If you have information…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 29 October 1906, Sunflower County, MS. Died: 18 August 1983, Flint, Genesee, MI. Enlisted: 13 May 1941 Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 30 June 1945. Education: two years education. Civilian occupation: mechanic motor vehicles. Serial #34048807 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 November 1914, Coahoma County, MS. Died: 24 November 1945, IL. Enlisted: 14 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 24 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. His father was Roland Johnson, farm laborer. Serial #34046304 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 1916, Tunica County, MS. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 17 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. Serial #34046781 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 18 April 1919, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Died: 10 May 2008, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD. Enlisted: 12 August 1941 at Baltimore, MD and discharged 11 January 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: chauffeur/truck driver and laborer general work with NYA. His mother was Mary Isabel Johnson. Mary…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 14 March 1919, Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York. Died: 20 September 2005, Oxford, Chenango, NY. Enlisted: 15 August 1941 Buffalo, New York and discharged 25 December 1943. Education: three years high school. Civilian occupation: general farming, laborer WPA. His father was Charles Phillip Johnson and his mother was…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 March 1916, Orangeburg, SC. He lived in Bloxom, Accomack County, VA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 14 August 1941, Richmond, VA and discharged 13 August 1946. Education: grammar school. His sister was Annie Lawrence. Serial #33097569 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 30 October 1922, Louisiana. Died: 24 December 1973, Louisiana. Enlisted: 12 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 8 January 1946. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: woodworking. Serial #34072594 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 29 December 1918, Allendale, South Carolina. Died: 12 January 1974, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina. Enlisted: 29 March 1941 at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina and discharged 7 September 1944. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: In 1940 he worked for Moore’s Smelting Company. His father was Charlie Jamison and his…
Alaska Highway, Medical Corps, H&S Company. Born: 6 October 1906, Almena, Kansas. Died: 6 April 1960, Kansas. Buried at Paola City Cemetery, KS. Enlisted: 15 January 1941 and discharged 12 January 1946, Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri. He attended University of Kansas medical school. He was assigned Medical Corps, H&S Company of the 93rd Engineer Regiment….