Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 6 November 1922, South Carolina. Died: 11 September 1990, Varnville, SC. Enlisted: 26 August 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Discharged: 20 December 1945. Education: grammar school. His father was John Robertson Doctor (1893-1963) and his mother was Rebecca Sadie Dunmeyer (1896-1966). Serial #34096806 If you have information about…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 2 January 1908, Wake, NC. Died: 29 September 1980, Wake Forest, Wake, NC. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Discharged: 16 August 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming; J. D. Johnson’s Sawmill. His father was Frank Massenburg (1878-1918) and his mother was Annie Crump (Hayes)…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 1918, Louisiana. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 12 March 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL. Discharged: 29 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: kitchen worker at hotel or restaurant. Serial #34028520 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 1914, North Carolina. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 27 August 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Serial #34119784 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 3 February 1919, North Carolina. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 26 August 1941, Ft. Bragg, SC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: warehouse, storekeeping, labeling. His father was Charlie Lentz and his mother was Daisy Lentz. He married Bernice Barber on 7 October 1946, in Forsythe, NC. Serial #34119674 If you…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 8 April 1923, Richmond, NC. Died: 9 April 1946 Wadesboro, Anson NC. Enlisted: 26 Aug 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. His headstone states that he was with HQ, 2nd HQ detachment 465 Service Command Unit. The headstone application form records the Service Command Unit as 1463. He was also…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 6 January 1921, Tunnel Springs, AL. Died: 9 January 1969, Tuskegee, Macon, AL. Enlisted: 4 April 1941, Ft. McClellan, AL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. His father was Listern Lee (1883-?) and his mother was Nellie Let Lee (1865-?). Spouse: Annie Maude Kyles Lee (1930-2010). They…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 23 June 1919, Pinewood, SC. Died: 8 October 1973, Pennsylvania. Enlisted: 27 August 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Discharged: 8 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: in 1940 census he was a servant in a private home. His father was Hubert Lee and his mother was Hermine…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 11 December 1916, Cope, SC. Died: 21 October 1993, Orangeburg, SC. Enlisted: 29 June 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: three years high school. Civilian Occupation: farm laborer. His father was William Livingston and his mother was Maude Easterling. Serial #34094280 If you have information about this soldier…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 8 May 1908, Plaquime Parish, LA. Died: 5 January 1983, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield. Discharged: 10 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: employed by Abry Brothers, a shoring contractor, in New Orleans, LA. His sister was Estal Britton. Serial #34071052 If…