Brown, Willie A. Pfc
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Serial #34050986 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
Category: 97th Military Personnel
Webb, Yearby C. Pfc
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 26 November 1922, Kirkland, GA. Died: 13 August 2010, Atlanta, GA. Enlisted: 28 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Discharged: 31 October 1945. Education: one year high school. Yearby graduated from Savannah State College in 1951. He taught industrial arts in the Atlanta public school system for 30 years….
Williams, Willie F. Pfc
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 5 August 1919, GA. Died: January 1986, Atlanta, GA. Enlisted: 31 March 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: porter. Serial #34060352 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
Wells, Odom Pfc
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 21 June 1918, Atkinson, GA. Died: 13 January 1983, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Camp Blanding, FL. Discharged: 13 October 1945. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: foreman, retired from a job building burial vaults. He called them “underground apartments”. His brother was Dewey Wells….
Wilder, Donald Baxter Pfc
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 13 April 1920, Ft. Meade, FL. Died: 20 December 2006, Tampa, FL. Enlisted: 26 March 1941, Camp Blanding, FL. Education: two years high school. Civilian Occupation: chauffeur/driver truck or cab. In 1940 census he is recorded as a laborer in mining. His father was Albertus Wilder, a laborer…
Williams, Jr, Leon J. SSgt
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 7 July 1917, Danville, PA. Died: April 1984, Red Bank, Monmouth, N.J. Enlisted: 8 March 1946, Red Bank, NJ. Regular Army, Quartermaster Corps. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: barn boss, manservant and retired correction officer at Monmouth County Sheriff’s. His father was Leon J. Williams, a carpenter, and…
Sadler, Alexander T/4
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Veteran of WW2, Korea and Vietnam. Born: 15 November 1922, Cass, Averges, TX. Died: 23 July 2000 Tarrant, TX. Buried: Dallas Ft. Worth National Cemetery. Enlisted: (1) 28 August 1941 (2) 6 January 1946, Ft. Sam Houston, TX. Regular Army, Quartermaster Corps. Discharged: 28 February 1962. Education: grammar school….
Savage, Jimmie T. Sgt
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 8 September 1913, Carlisle, SC. Lived in Forsythe County, NC. Died: 9 August 2001, West Orange, Essex, NJ. Buried at Brig. Gen William C. Doyle veterans memorial cemetery, NJ. Enlisted: 27 August 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: employed at R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company…
Solomon, Robert L. Sgt
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 28 July 1922, Davisboro, GA. Died: 31 July 1997, Summit, OH. Enlisted: 24 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Discharged: 21 September 1945. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: delivery boy at grocery store, Radio technician, employed at B.F. Goodrich Tire and Rubber Co. for 30 years (retired…
Simpson, Arthur T/4
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 2 January 1919, Laurens, SC. Died: 6 December 1980. Enlisted: 21 July 1941, Camp Upton, Yaphank, NY. Discharged: 5 November 1945. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: waiter. His father was Square Simpson and his mother was Mary Leak Simpson, a cook at a private home. Serial…