Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: February 23, 1916, Cockeysville, MD. Died: March 20, 1965, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: May 24, 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: attendant/casterman. His father was William Dorsey, a laborer in a fertilizer plant and his mother was Sarah Veney Dorsey. Serial #33062386 If you have information about…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: May 12, 1921, Reedville, NC. Died: September 22, 1985. Enlisted: March 12, 1942, Ft. Thomas, Newport, KY, Regular Army and discharged November 12, 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: coal miner. His father was Frank Dillard and his mother was Lessie Martin. He married Florence Elizabeth Biggs on…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Regular Army. Serial #15112004 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: February 11, 1914, Norwich, New London, CT. Died: unknown. Enlisted: March 17, 1942, Hartford, CT. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: employed by Zachae Brothers as a truck driver. His father was Joseph Condido Delgardo and his wife was Rose B. Delgardo. Serial #31101970 If you have information about…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: December 31, 1917, Ohio. Died: October 23, 1991, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH. Enlisted: February 14, 1942, Camp Perry, Lacarne, OH and discharged September 25, 1944. He was discharged early with a diagnosis of osteochondritis dissecans, a destructive bone disease. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: garage laborer….
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: May 8, 1920, Winding Gulf, West VA. Died: May 15, 2006, Charleston, Kanawha County, West VA. Enlisted: February 25, 1942, Ft. Thomas, Newport, KY and discharged October 21, 1945. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: Janitor, Sexton and waiter. His father was Claud Davis, a coal mine…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: September 20, 1919, McIntosh County, GA. Died: August 3, 1998, Chesapeake City, VA. Enlisted: June 26, 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: four years high school. His father was Adolphius R. Curry, a Baptist Minister, and his mother was Roselyn B. Morrison. His wife was Agnes Movley, married on…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Regular Army. Serial #15075814 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: July 14 (16), 1914, Parson, GA. Died: September 15, 1997, Chicago, Cook, IL. Enlisted: February 28, 1942, Ft. Custer, MI and discharged March 27, 1946. Education: three years high school. Civilian occupation: truck driver/chauffeur. In 1940 census he was a clerk at a retail grocer. Serial #36174137 If…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: August 26, 1916, Utah, AL. Died: March 9, 2004, Grand Rapids, MI. Enlisted: February 14, 1942, Camp Perry, Lacarne< OH and discharged January 7, 1946. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: construction. His father was Mell Colvin and his mother was Maxie Spencer. His wife listed on…