Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 14 March 1921, Ripley Tippa, Union County, Mississippi. Died: 26 April 2005, Peoria, IL. Enlisted: 13 May 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was Marshel L. Strong and his mother was Mattie S. Norwers Strong. He married Leola Knox in…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 27 May 1909, Coahoma County, Mississippi. Died: 1 April 1970, New York. Buried at Long Island National Cemetery. Lived in New York. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Serial #34046467If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 2 December 1917, Carthage, Leake County, Mississippi. Died: 23 November 2006, Carthage, Leake County, Mississippi. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: farm laborer and construction. His father was Eddie Arthur Stevens, farm laborer, (1883-1973). His mother…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 12 April 1912, Louisiana. Died: 29 April 1985, Rapides Parish, LA. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 21 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: construction. Serial #34073014 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 1914, Louisiana. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 13 June 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers. Education: two years high school. Civil occupation: carpenter. Serial #14058627 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 8 September 1920, Quitman County, Georgia. Died: 28 July 1993, St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, FL. Enlisted: 21 August 1941, Camp Blanding, FL and discharged 12 February 1944. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: waiter. His father was Walter Smith and his mother was Blanche Bryant Smith. He married Helen…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 1920, Louisiana. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 30 June 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, Florida, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers. Education: four years high school. Civil occupation: Baker. Serial #14058657 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 7 August 1919, North Carolina. Died: 11 March 1986, North Carolina. Education: grammar school. Enlisted: 14 May 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Serial #34112354 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 24 December 1908, Epps, West Carroll, Louisiana. Died: 15 July 2009. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, Florida. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. Serial #34072957 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 18 February 1919, Warfield, Brunswick County, VA. Died: 11 March 1967, LaCrosse, Mecklenberg, VA. His death certificate listed cause of death from a gun shot wound to the chest. He was shot by another person during a fight at a night club. Enlisted: 13 August 1941, Richmond, VA…