Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 4 October 1917, New Orleans, Louisiana. Died: 9 February 1995, Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: In 1940 census he was a porter for a drug store and on his draft card he was employed at…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 23 July 1919, Upperville, Fauquier County, Virginia. Died: 1 March 1980, Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted: 13 Aug 1941 in Richmond, VA and discharged 12 January 1946. Education: grammar school. In 1940 census he occupation was listed as a groom [horses] for a private estate. His father was Strother Franey…
African American, Company A and F, Alaska Highway. Born: 26 April 1918, Panola County, Mississippi. Died: 13 June 1977, Kokomo, Howard, Indiana. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 30 September 1943. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: farming. His father was Robert Ford, farm laborer and his mother was Anna. Serial #34046710…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 30 (20) March 1922, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. Died: 16 July 1975, Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, LA. Enlisted: 16 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: routeman and in 1940 census, he worked as a delivery boy for a retail drug store. …
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 29 October 1916, Georgia. Died: 20 December 1976, Queens, NY. Enlisted: 31 July 1941, Camp Upton Yaphank, NY and discharged 21 November 1945. Education: four years high school. Civil Education: semiskilled manufacture electrical equipment. In 1940 he was employed at Brooklyn Gas Company. His father was Edward Etheridge,…
Alaska Highway, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 28 August 1917, Marthaville, Natchitoches, Louisiana. Died: 10 August 1979, Los Angeles, California. Enlisted: 12 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: In 1940 he worked at a laborer in a drug store. His father was Mose…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Veteran WW2, Korea and Vietnam. Born: 4 March 1923, Grangeville, St. Helena County, Louisiana. Died: 26 March 1997, Dekalb, Georgia. Enlisted: (1) 15 April 1941 (2) 12 January 1946, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 30 June 1972. Regular Army Corps of Engineers. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: skilled manufacture…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 14 September 1920, South Carolina. Died: 29 May 1972, Suffolk County, NY. Enlisted: 23 August 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina and discharged 21 November 1945. Education: three years high school. Civil occupation: hospital attendant. Serial #34096626 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 12 June 1919, Louisiana. Died: 6 December 1975, LA. Enlisted: 12 April 1941 Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Serial #34072650 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 26 August 1913, Adams County, Mississippi. Died: 27 October 1972, Mississippi. Enlisted: 11 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: attendant filling station and in 1940 census he was a laborer in a box factory. His father was Willie…