Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 7 Jun 1919, Bibb County, Georgia. Died: 16 Jun 1997 Virginia. Enlisted: 7 Nov 1941, Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 22 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: chauffeur, truck driver. His father was Warther Rhymes and his mother was Elizabeth Byrd. He married Gladys Louise Williams Outley…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 1919, Kentucky. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 6 Aug 1941 at Ft. Oglethorpe, GA. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: Houseman, Yardman. Serial #34144371 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 1907, Mississippi. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 17 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: truck driver, chauffeur. Serial #34073270 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 Dec 1907, Louisiana. Died: 2 Feb 1988, Louisiana. Enlisted: 15 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: grammar school. In 1940 census lists one year high school. Civil occupation: painter, construction. Serial #34072941 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 13 Jul 1920, Webster, Louisiana. Died: 2 Aug 1980, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Enlisted:9 Jun 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL., Regular Army, Corps of Engineers. Discharged: 6 December 1945. Education: four years high school. His father was Sam Randolph, a laborer at a wholesale hardware. His…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 1918, Chickasaw County, Mississippi. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 13 May 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: sawmill laborer. Serial #34048796 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 29 December 1907, Gagle, Sumpter County, Alabama. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 13 May 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged on 28 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: sawmill laborer. His sister was Hattie Lee. His father was John W. Phillips and his mother was Annie Phillips. Serial…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 4 June 1914, Keathie, LA. Died: 16 June 1995, Houston, Harris County, TX. Enlisted: 15 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 18 April 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was Henry Phillips and his mother was Edna Hall. Serial #34072921…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 28 February 1914, Johnson, Georgia. Died: 16 December 2005, Ft. Myers, Lee, FL. Enlisted: 21 Aug 1941 at Camp Blanding, FL. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: kitchen worker. In 1930 census he was a laborer on a farm and in the 1940 census he was employed at the…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 1919, Smyth County, VA. Died: unknown. Inactive reserve and enlisted: 22 September 1941, Richmond, VA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming. Serial #33119260 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE