Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 1922, Louisiana. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farms. Serial #34072987 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 31 May 1913, Lowndes County, Mississippi. Died: 2 April 1985, Kankakee, IL. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 25 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: farming. Serial #34046507 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
Alaska Highway, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 October 1917, Camilla, Mitchell County, Georgia. Died: 15 August 1971, Suffolk, NY. Enlisted 10 May 1941, Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farms. His mother was Dessie Williams. Serial #34061585 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 (12) February 1917, Panola, Mississippi. Died: 13 July 1987, Chicago, Cook, IL. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. Serial #34046733 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 12 May 1923, Montgomery, Alabama. Died: unknown. Enlisted 28 November 1945, Ft. Benning, GA, Regular Army. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: In 1941 he was employed by Weaver Grocery. His mother was Louise White. Serial #14055265 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 21 September 1920, Leake County, Mississippi. Died: 23 October 1997, Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Enlisted: 15 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: three years high school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was Percy Hurdle Whalen (1879-1975), farm laborer, and his mother was Mary Ella Wilder (1884-1967). He…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 9 June 1922, Claiborne County, Mississippi. Died: 24 April 1994, Jackson, Hinds, MS. Enlisted: 11 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 18 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: blacksmith. His father was Richard Wells and his mother was Perla Wilson Wells. His wife was Isabelle. Serial…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 22 July 1922, Hermansville, Mississippi. Died: 31 January 2001, Cape Girardeau, MO. Enlisted: 11 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was Robert M. Watts, farm laborer (1891-1975). His mother was Alberta Phelps (1896-1975). Serial…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 12 January 1916, Issquena County, Mississippi. Died: 30 December 1971, Glen Allan, Washington County, MS. Enlisted: 14 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was Willie Watts (1888-?) and his mother was Alice (1894-?). He had four sisters and three brothers….
African American, Company A, Corps of Engineers, Alaska Highway. Born: 8 April 1922, New Orleans, Louisiana. Died: 20 November 1998, San Pablo, California. Enlisted: (1)9 June 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, Florida and discharged 11 May 1943. (2) Enlisted: 12 May 1943 and discharged 17 February 1946. Education: one year college. Civil occupation: architect….