Alaska Highway, Company B. Born: 14 August 1918, Illinois. Died: 4 January 1971, Illinois. Enlisted: 20 January 1942, Camp Grant, ILL. Released: 24 May 1946. Education: grammar school. Occupation: carpenter, 1940 census-truck farming. Spouse: Gladys Seagraves. Father: Henry Etherton, blacksmith. Mother: Maude, housekeeper private family.