Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 17 May 1915 (1917), Orlean Long, Fauquier, VA. Died: June 1978. Enlisted: 13 August 1941, Richmond, VA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: housekeeper, steward. His father was James H. Clay and his mother was Amy Bailey. Serial #33097664 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Veteran WW2 and Korean War. Born: 10 February 1918, Essex County, MA. Died: 10 January 1984, Lynn, Essex County, MA. Enlisted: (1) 15 July 1941, Boston, MA (2) 2 August 1952. Discharged: (1)12 November 1945, (2) 30 September 1968. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: automotive mechanic at…
Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 11 September 1914, Bronx, NY. Died: 7 October 2004, Bronx, NY. Enlisted: 1 August 1941, Camp Upton, Yaphank, NY. Discharged: 6 October 1945. Education: four years college. Civilian occupation: elevator operator at an apartment building. His father was Ruppert Reid and his mother was Constance Gibbs Reid. Both were born…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 15 October 1918, Caddo County, LA. Died: 13 January 1985, Inglewood, Los Angeles, CA. Enlisted: (1) 28 March 1941; (2) 29 October 1945, Ft. Sam Houston, Regular Army. Discharged: 28 October 1947. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: manufacture electrical machinery. In 1940 census, his father was…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 20 May 1919, Columbus, GA. Died: 5 (9) July 1993, Muscogee County, GA. Buried at Ft. Benning, Georgia Cemetery. Enlisted: (1) 15 August 1940; (2) 10 November 1945, Ft. McPherson, Atlanta, GA. Regular Army, Quartermaster Corp. Discharged: (1) 9 November 1945; (2) 31 December 1965. Education: grammar school….
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 17 April 1918, Gillisonville, SC. Died: 14 May 2003, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY. Enlisted: 3 April 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: grammar school. His father was Price Horton and his mother was Mary Baker. Serial # 34090281 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 1914, NC. Died: unknown. He lived in New York city. Enlisted: 4 August 1941, Camp Upton, Yaphank, NY. Civilian occupation: hotel Clerk. Education: four years college. He attended Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, NC. Historically this college was a private co-ed four year school. Its mascot was…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 18 February 1922, Leflore County, MS. Died: 29 December 1974, Gary, IN. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Cook; in 1940 census he worked as a farm laborer and his death certificate records that he worked at a US steel mill. His…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 1 December 1922, Cherry, Washington County, NC. Died: 25 October 2013, Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar School. Civilian occupation: general farming. His mother was Josephine Baum and his father was James E. Baum. His brother, Iva “Ike” Baum was a US Navy…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 18 May 1919, Gates County, NC. Died: 6 July 1968, Gatesville, Gaston, NC. Buried: Lebanon Grove Cemetery, Gatesville, NC. Enlisted: 4 April 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: lumberman, logger at sawmill. His mother was Hatie E. Walton and his wife was Martha Walton. Serial…