Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 20 May 1920, Hamlet, North Carolina. Died: 31 May 2006, Richmond, Virginia. Enlisted:13 October 1941, Baltimore, MD and discharged 25 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: He was employed with Penn RR Company in Cockeysville, MD. His father was Archie Liles, a cook, and his mother was…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 11 Sep 1922, New Orleans, Louisiana. Died: 12 Jul 2003, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Enlisted:13 Jun 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers. Education: two years high school. Civil Occupation: construction. His father was William E. Kohlbatz and his mother was Louise R. Lambert….
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 5 Apr 1907, Louisville, Winston County, Mississippi. Died: 14 Sep 1996, Louisville, Winston County Mississippi. Enlisted:13 May 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 18 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: general farming. His father was Riley Knowles (1854-1923) and his mother was Bettie Ann Cannon Knowles (1879-1972)….
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 27 Feb 1922, Cartersville, Georgia. Died: 21 Jul 1995, Fulton County, Georgia. Enlisted: 22 May 1941 at Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. His father was David T. Kennedy, Sr and his mother was Marie Miller. Serial #34061955 I
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 30 Mar 1921, Barton, Louisiana. Died: 18 Feb 1995, Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Enlisted:12 Apr 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: chauffeur, truck driver. In 1940 census he was employed as a farm laborer. His father was Philmore Jones, Sr. and his mother was…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 18 March 1916, Howard County, Maryland. D: unknown. Enlisted: 12 August 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming. His father was Frank Jone, a farm laborer, and his mother was Kate Jones. Laura and John Hension were his grandparents. In the 1940 census Richard was living…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 15 August 1915, Louisiana. Died: 15 April 1981, Houma Terrbonne, LA. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, Florida. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming. Serial #34072884 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 1922, Lowndes County, Mississippi. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 15 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: one year high school. Civil Occupation: kitchen worker, in 1940 census he is listed as a porter in a cafe. Also in the 1940 census his father was Bennie Jones, a laborer at…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 15 August 1922, Licking County, OH. Died: 16 July 1949, Newark, Ohio. Enlisted: 8 December 1941, Ft. Hayes, Columbus, OH. Education: grammar school. Newspaper article-Newark, Ohio, Saturday Evening, July 18, 1949. John Leroy Johnson, 26, was shot and instantly killed by Willy James Monroe. County Coroner James H….