Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 1911, Issaquena County, Mississippi. Died: unknown. Enlisted:14 Apr 1941,Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 1 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: general farming. Serial #34046339 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 23 July 1921, Heidelberg, Mississippi. Died: 25 July 1976, Hopkins Park, Kankakee County, IL. Enlisted: 20 Aug 1941 at Camp Blanding, FL. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: gas station or parking lot attendant. He married Helen Marie Brown. Serial #34056357 If you have information about this soldier CLICK…
African American, Company F, Company D and 2nd BN HQ, Alaska Highway. Born: 1922, Louisiana. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 20 Jun 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Regular Army, Corps of Engineers. Education: one year high school. Civil Occupation: carpenter. Serial #14058652 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company H&S, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 November 1918, Kingstree, South Carolina. Died: 8 January 1955, VA. Lived in Patrick County, VA. Enlisted: 10 October 1941 at Roanoke, VA. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: Employed at Winiker Lumber Company. His aunt was Janie Smith and he married Marion Virginia Louderman on 3…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 7 Dec 1917, Crystal Springs, Mississippi. Died: 16 May 2002, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi. Enlisted:15 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged on 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: stock clerk, 1940 census lists him as a porter for a retail dry goods store. His father…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 24 December 1922, Jacksonville, Florida. Died: 26 August 2013, Riverside, CA. Enlisted: 20 Aug 1941, Camp Blanding, FL. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: routeman. His mother was Carrie Daymon Shannon and he married Gladys Barnes on 28 July 1944 in Duval, FL. Serial #34056299 If you have information…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 24 July 1920 (1919), Miami, Florida. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 22 Aug 1941, Camp Blanding, FL. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: chauffeur, truck driver. In 1940 census Joe worked as a porter for retail fruits. On his draft card his mother is listed as Geneva Seymore. Serial #34056504 If…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 1912, Mississippi. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 14 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Married. Serial #34046155 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 20 May 1922, Frederick County, MD. Died: unknown. Enlisted:13 Oct 1941, Baltimore, MD and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. In 1940 census he was employed as a janitor in a Department Store and his employer listed on his draft card was Ramsburgs Fertilizer Company. His guardian…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 23 Dec 1916, Baltimore, Maryland. Died: 24 Jun 2012, Baltimore, Maryland. Enlisted: 13 October 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: three years high school. Civil Occupation: waiter. In 1940 census he was employed as a news dealer publishing. His mother Flossie Bell Sawyer graduated from high school and worked as…