Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 22 April 1920, Austin, Texas. Died: 27 June 2013, Walburg, Texas. Enlisted 16 January 1942, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. Education: 7th grade. Occupation: In 1940 census he was employed as a plumber apprendice. Father: Robert Walter Neitsch, farmer. Mother: Ida Birkelbach.