Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 30 January 1918, Wicomico, Charles County, Maryland. Died: 22 October 1968, Maryland. Enlisted: 12 Aug 1941 at Baltimore, Maryland and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farm laborer. His father was Thomas W. Turner, farm laborer and his mother was Margaret E. Turner. He married…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 22 September 1922, Louisiana. Died: 26 October (November) 1963, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. Serial #34073382 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 8 April 1919, Louisiana. Died: 7 April 1985, Oakland, CA. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, Florida and discharged 6 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming and in 1940 he racked balls in a pool room. His father was Anthony Thomas and…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 25 March 1916, Albany, Worth County, Georgia. Died: 12 September 1996, Grant, Marion County, IN. Enlisted: 10 May 1941, Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 21 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: factory laborer. His father was Monroe Thomas and his mother was Ellen Roy Thomas. His wife…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 1918, Granville County, North Carolina. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 23 August 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: three years of high school. Civil occupation: waiter. Serial #34119581 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 29 March 1915, Ware County, Georgia. Died: 17 December 1988, Millwood, Ware, GA. Enlisted: 10 May 1941, Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. His father was Tom Taylor and his mother was Cleo Taylor. His Aunt was Liza Taylor. Serial #34061597 If you…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 1923, Lowndes County, MS. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 22 May 1946 at Camp Shelby, MS, Regular Army, Quartermaster Corps. Education: grammar school. He was married. Serial #34046480 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 24 August 1916, Craven County, North Carolina. Died: 6 June 1978, Kinston, Lenoir, North Carolina. Enlisted: 23 August 1941 at Ft. Bragg, N.C. and discharged 14 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was William S. Suggs and his mother was Ema J. Rhem….
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 27 December 1919, Snow Hill, Green County, North Carolina. Died: 16 May 1990, Newark, NJ. Enlisted: 22 August 1941 at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina and discharged 8 November 1944. Education: one year high school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was Toney Suggs and his mother was Sarah…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 May 1923, Richmond, North Carolina. Died: 25 January 1970, Richmond, NC. Enlisted: 23 August 1941 at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina and discharged in December of 1945. Education: two years high school. Father, Fred, was a transfer man on the Railroad. His mother’s name was Pearl. Serial #34119564…