Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 13 February 1917, Washington, DC. Died: September 1983, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: 8 May 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: four years high school. Married. Civilian occupation: clothes presser in tailor shop. His father was James Epps, a salesman in a retail shoe store. His mother was Alice May Epps. Serial:…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 5 April 1917, Washington, GA. Died: 26 May 1982, Atlanta, GA. Enlisted: 27 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 2 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: delivery man for Randall Brothers Coal Company. His father was Elbine Ector and his mother was Laura Ector. Serial #33062688…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 22 December 1917, Jackson, Amelia, VA. Died: 4 April 1990, New Milford, Litchfield, CT. He lived in East Hartford, NY. Enlisted: 19 May 1941, Richmond, VA and discharged 19 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farm laborer employed by James Scott. His father was Nathaniel Booker, general…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 1912, South Carolina. Died: unknown. He lived in Washington, DC. Enlisted: 30 June 1941, Baltimore MD. Education: three years high school. Civilian occupation: truck driver. He was married. Serial #33063640 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 14 March 1910, (alternate 4 March 1910), Patterson, NJ. Died: 2 April 1974, Richmond, VA. Enlisted: 17 May 1941, Richmond, VA and discharged 23 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: death certificate lists retired cement finisher. His father was William Woodson and his mother was Rebecca Wooldridge….
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born:1 March 1919, Tennessee (alternate from draft card, Lexington, KY). He lived in Marion County, Indiana. Died: 26 October 1973, Fayetteville, NC. Enlisted: 21 March 1941, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana and discharged October 1943. He was hospitalized in August 1943 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana with the diagnosis of Dementia…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 4 September 1919, Sandy Level, Henry, VA. Died: 20 October 1988, Tarentum, Allegheny, PA. Enlisted: 29 July 1941, Ft. George G. Meade, MD and discharged 16 October 1945. Education: 4 years high school. Civilian occupation: Garage Laborer employed by Charles Miller. His father was Marion Shelton, a driver…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 16 April 1910, Philadelphia, PA. Died: 24 August 1977, Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted: 17 May 1941, Philadelphia, PA and discharged 11 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: employed at People’s Garage as a laborer. His father was Joseph Rodgers (1883-1930). His mother was Margaret Gosner Rodgers (1891-1979). He…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 23 April 1918, Savannah, Chatham, GA. Died: 13 December 1986, Savannah, Chatham, GA. Enlisted: 27 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 21 September 1945. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: Porter. His father was Littleton Wesley Miller (1885-1929), a foreman at a US Custom House. His…
Alaska Highway. African American. Company A. Born: 11 November 1922, Gary, Indiana. Died: 5 July 2009, Milton, Santa Rosa, FL. Enlisted: (1) 19 June 1941, Camp Blanding, FL. Enlisted: (2) 13 July 1963 and discharged 31 December 1964. His father was James Green and mother was Rosa Lee Kilker Green. He married Catherine Jones on…