Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
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, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 March 1910, Montgomery, Alabama. Died: 2 January 1980, Montgomery, AL. Enlisted: 9 July 1941 at Montgomery, AL, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers and discharged 25 July 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: chauffeur/truck driver. His father was Willie Jackson and his mother was Polly. He married Annie…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 28 October 1914, Mississippi. Died: 21 August 1982. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. Serial #34015079 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
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
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 25 February 1918, Columbia, Marion County, MS. Died: 8 March 2003, Oklahoma City, OK. Enlisted: 17 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 14 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farm laborer/chauffeur/truck driver. His father was Jesse Irving and his mother was Mattie Jefferson. Serial #34046787 If…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 20 April 1919 Dublin, Coahoma County, Mississippi. Died: 10 July 1995, Clarksdale, Coahoma County, MS. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: truck driver. In the 1940 census he was employed on a cotton farm. His father…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 November 1919, South Carolina. Died: 14 September 1964, Buffalo, Erie, New York. Enlisted: 13 August 1941, Buffalo, NY and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: garbage laborer. Serial #32028462 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 January 1919, Monroe County, NY. Died: 10 February 2009, Rochester, Monroe County, NY. Enlisted: 14 August 1941, Buffalo, NY. Education: Grammar school. Serial #32028538 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 23 January 1919, Preston, Caroline County, Maryland. Died: 13 September 1993, Upper Marlboro, Prince George’s County, Maryland. Enlisted: 12 August 1941 at Baltimore, MD and discharged 30 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming, he was employed by H. H. Sasseir. His father was Lawrence Howard,…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 15 January 1917, Chula, Amelia County, Virginia. Died: 5 February 2009, Richmond, Chesterfield, VA. Enlisted: 13 August 1941 at Richmond, VA and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: in 1940 he was a laborer with a CCC project and in 1957 he was a state…