Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 1918, Granville County, North Carolina. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 23 August 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: three years of high school. Civil occupation: waiter. Serial #34119581 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 29 March 1915, Ware County, Georgia. Died: 17 December 1988, Millwood, Ware, GA. Enlisted: 10 May 1941, Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. His father was Tom Taylor and his mother was Cleo Taylor. His Aunt was Liza Taylor. Serial #34061597 If you…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 1923, Lowndes County, MS. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 22 May 1946 at Camp Shelby, MS, Regular Army, Quartermaster Corps. Education: grammar school. He was married. Serial #34046480 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 24 August 1916, Craven County, North Carolina. Died: 6 June 1978, Kinston, Lenoir, North Carolina. Enlisted: 23 August 1941 at Ft. Bragg, N.C. and discharged 14 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was William S. Suggs and his mother was Ema J. Rhem….
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 27 December 1919, Snow Hill, Green County, North Carolina. Died: 16 May 1990, Newark, NJ. Enlisted: 22 August 1941 at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina and discharged 8 November 1944. Education: one year high school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was Toney Suggs and his mother was Sarah…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 May 1923, Richmond, North Carolina. Died: 25 January 1970, Richmond, NC. Enlisted: 23 August 1941 at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina and discharged in December of 1945. Education: two years high school. Father, Fred, was a transfer man on the Railroad. His mother’s name was Pearl. Serial #34119564…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 14 March 1921, Ripley Tippa, Union County, Mississippi. Died: 26 April 2005, Peoria, IL. Enlisted: 13 May 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was Marshel L. Strong and his mother was Mattie S. Norwers Strong. He married Leola Knox in…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 27 May 1909, Coahoma County, Mississippi. Died: 1 April 1970, New York. Buried at Long Island National Cemetery. Lived in New York. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Serial #34046467If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 2 December 1917, Carthage, Leake County, Mississippi. Died: 23 November 2006, Carthage, Leake County, Mississippi. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: farm laborer and construction. His father was Eddie Arthur Stevens, farm laborer, (1883-1973). His mother…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 12 April 1912, Louisiana. Died: 29 April 1985, Rapides Parish, LA. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 21 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: construction. Serial #34073014 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE