Alaska Highway, Company B. Born: 10 July 1915, West Virginia. Died: 4 September 1979, Tennessee. Enlisted: 16 January 1942 Ft. Thomas Newport, Kentucky. Released: 5 December 1945. Education: one year high school. Occupation: mechanic, in 1940 census he was listed as a coal miner. Father: Esley G. Kay, coal miner at Riverton Coal Company. Mother: Stella J. Williams.