Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 7 October 1909, New Orleans, Louisiana. Died: 12 July 1965, Louisiana. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, Florida and discharged 12 August 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: routeman.His mother was Marie Doretha Willis. He married Evelyn Farrell July 1927 in New Orleans, LA. He…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 19 April 1920, New Orleans, Louisiana. Died: 24 November 1993, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. Enlisted: 13 June 1941 Jacksonville Army Air Field, Florida, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: four years high school. Civil occupation: cook, in 1940 census he worked as a…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 3 November 1918, Leflore County, Mississippi. Died: 22 December 2007, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Enlisted: (1)15 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. (2) 1 October 1950 and discharged 30 November 1950. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation:welder at Chrysler auto. Serial #34046514
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 22 September 1917, East Baton Rouge, LA. Died: 4 June 2003, Zachary, East Baton Rouge, LA. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, Florida and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: occupation in production of petroleum. He was employed with the Standard Oil…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 5 August 1922, Lafayette, Louisiana. Died: 15 November 1999, Louisiana. Enlisted: 2 June 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, Florida, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers. Discharged 22 November 1945. Education: one year of high school. Civilian occupation: He was employed by Blue Goose Grocery as a delivery boy….
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 6 May 1916, Franklinton, Washington Parish, Louisiana. Died: 29 June 1944, Aleutian Islands, Adak, Alaska. U.S. Roster of WWII Dead reports that Comeal died in service at Adak, Alaska. Application for his headstone states that he is buried at Chrystal Springs Cemetery in Franklinton, LA. The headstone was…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 9 March 1919, Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Died: 11 July 1965, Beverly, NJ. Enlisted: 20 August 1941 at Ft. George G. Meade, MD and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: one year high school. Civil occupation: worked with cement, concrete, plaster products. Death certificate records his occupation as a…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 1921, Louisiana. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 12 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: janitor/sexton. Serial #34072520 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 25 March 1920, Hart County, Georgia. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 7 August 1941 at Ft. Benning, Georgia. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. Serial #34063626 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 15 August 1907, Ruston, Lincoln, Louisiana. Died: 12 December 1975, Choudrant, Lincoln, LA. Enlisted: 12 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, Florida and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: janitor/sexton. His father was Pierce Albritton (1867-1934) and his mother was Charity Coleman (1869-1915). He…