Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: November 24, 1917, Augusta, Georgia. Died: unknown. Enlisted: October 25, 1945, Corps of Engineers, Regular Army. Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: Lab tech assistant and in 1940 he was a laborer building construction. His father was Lester E. Meade, laborer sewerage department and his mother was Estelle Meade….
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: April 24, 1917, Brooklyn, NY. Died: February 28, 2001, Brooklyn, NY. Enlisted: July 10, 1941, Camp Upton, Yaphank, NY and discharged December 21, 1945. Education: three years high school. Civilian occupation: general office clerk. His father was William E Lucas (1894-1942) and his mother was Aileen Harper Brown….
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: May 18, 1915, Boyd, MD. Died: November 23, 2003, Washington, DC. Enlisted: May 12, 1941, 1941, Baltimore, MD and discharged April 2, 1945. In September 1944, during the line of duty, he suffered a bullet wound causing a hemothorax and treatment was decortication of his lung. Education: four…
African American. Alaska Highway. Korean Veteran. Company B. Born: June 15, 1915, Northumberland, VA. Died: May 5, 1977, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: June 30, 1941, Baltimore, MD and discharged June 12, 1946. Education: College four years, Morgan College, Baltimore, MD. Civilian Occupation: porter employed at Federal Reserve Bank, Baltimore Md. His father was Joshua E. Lampkin,…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: March 26, 1915, Baltimore, MD. Died: July 30, 1987, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: May 7, 1941, Baltimore, MD. and discharged September 6, 1945. Education; two years high school. Civilian occupation: Laborer brickyard and employed at Patapsco Hardware Company. His father was Howard Jackson and his mother was Eulah Woodlon…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: April 7, 1919, Roanoke, VA. Died: January 21, 1989. Enlisted: May 15, 1941, Baltimore, MD and discharged January 1, 1946. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: chauffeur/truck driver. His father was William Hurtt, a fireman, and his mother was Elizabeth Pryer Hurtt, a laundress. His wife was…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: June 12, 1907, Norfolk, VA. Died: September 7, 1961, Hampton, VA. Enlisted: May 9, 1941, Richmond, VA. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: stevedore with Old Dominion Stevedore Company. His father was Lacey H. Fields, Sr, a stevedore and his mother was Flossie Rosa Fields, a private…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Korean Veteran. Born: June 26, 1916, Baltimore, MD. Died: July 1, 1996, Princess Anne, Somerset, MD. Enlisted: June 30, 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: Grammar school. Civilian occupation: Employed at Hayes Consolidated Fishery Company. His grandmother was Bessie Cottman and his uncle was John Cottman, a porter at a grocery…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: February 20, 1923, Pennsylvania. Died: unknown. Enlisted: May 9, 1941, Philadelphia, PA, Regular Army and discharged October 22, 1945. Education: Three years high school. Civilian occupation: sales clerk. His father was Fred Douglas Coleman. He married Rodlin V. Coleman. Serial #13027748 If you have information about this soldier…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: November 1, 1912 (1914), Dillon County, SC. Died: July 18, 1971, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: May 7, 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: Grammar school. Civilian occupation: laborer road construction. His father was John David Allen (1871-1958) and his mother was Eliza Allen. He married Alma Deloris Sutton. Serial #33009803 If…