Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 9 March1919, Newport News, Montgomery County, VA. Died: 28 March 1977, Rockland County, NY. Enlisted: 13 August 1941 at Richmond, VA and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: In 1940 he was employed by Southern States Fertilizer and in 1946 he was a truck driver…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 January 1905, Lake Providence, East Carroll, LA. Died: 17 February 1975, Lake Providence, East Carroll, LA. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 24 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: he was employed with a WPA project. Serial #34073011 If you…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 28 March 1918, Spring Hope, Nash County, NC. He lived in Norfolk, VA. Died: 26 September 2003, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: 14 August 1941, Richmond, VA. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: Filling station attendant. His father was Willie Grady and his mother was Althea Norwood. His wife…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 12 September 1914, Granville County, N.C. Died: 14 October 1965, Orange County, Carrboro, NC. Enlisted: 12 May 1941 at Ft. Bragg, NC and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming, employed by Mr. A. Lonnie Keith. His death certificate records his occupation as a…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 June 1919, Ringgold, Bienville, LA. Died: 13 April 1967, Bienville Parish, LA. Enlisted: 12 April 1941 Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. His father was Alexander Garner (1870-1976), farm laborer. His mother was Lula Morgan Rambo (1883-1979)….
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 20 April 1917, Orangeburg, SC. Lived in Philadelphia, PA. Died: 2 May 1999, Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted: 23 September 1941, Ft. George G. Meade, MD and discharged 5 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: gardener/grounds keeper. His father was Albert Franklin, laborer gardener, (1893-1945) and his mother was…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 August 1922, Broussard, Lafayette, LA. Died: 8 September 2015, Opelousas, LA. Enlisted: 16 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Paul lost three toes from frostbite while serving with his regiment on the Alaska Highway. Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: kitchen worker, hotel…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 15 November 1920, Centerville, TN. Died: 19 January 2016. Enlisted: 6 August 1941 at Ft. Oglethorpe, GA. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was Andrew Fowlkes and his mother was Carrie Perkins. His wife was Alice Gertrude Fowlkes. Serial #34144365 If you have information about…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 2 May 1916, Lisbon, LA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 12 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: chauffeur/ truck driver. His father was Wilbur Foster, farm laborer and his mother was Lucy Fowler. Serial #34072553 If you have information about this soldier CLICK…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 1917, Mississippi. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 12 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FLA. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: chauffeur/truck driver. Serial #34072535 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE