Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 2 July 1919, Monroe, KY. Died: 8 August 1997, Sumner, TN. Enlisted: 7 November 1941, Ft. Thomas, Newport, KY. Education: one year high school. His father was Howard Hayes, Sr and his mother was Maybell Franklin. Serial #35131741 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 22 January 1913, SC. Died: 21 December 2012, FL. Enlisted: 28 October 1941, Toledo, OH. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: transportation. His father was Will Hunter and his mother was Hattie Hunter, both born in South Carolina. His spouse was Elsie Eddy (1914-1984). They were married on 9…
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 1919 Died: unk. Enlisted 5 Nov 1941, Ft. Oglethorpe, GA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: messenger/errand boy. Serial #34148706 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 15 October 1915, Lamar, AL. Died: 10 May 1982. Enlisted: (1) 4 April 1941 and discharged 3 August 1945. On 16 November 1945, at Ft. Benning, GA he was Regular Army in the Quartermaster Corps. Enlisted: (2) 29 August 1952 and discharged 16 June 1955. Education: two years…
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 2 April 1917, Chicago, Illinois. Died: 5 April 1982. Enlisted: 14 April 1941, Chicago, IL. Discharge 6 December 1945. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: cook. Father: Everett J. Love worked as a mail carrier for the US Postal Service. Mother: Adella L. Webster Love. Both parents…
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 28 January 1912, AL. Died: 5 December 1977, Chattanooga, TN. Enlisted: 10 Nov 1945, Regular Army. In 1930 census Oscar was with the 24th Infantry at Ft. Benning. In 1940 census Oscar was at Ft. Benning. Listed in the census was Lula, his wife, and Susie, his daughter….
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 1914, GA. Died: unk. Enlisted: 27 January 1941, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: three years high school. Civil Occupation: Salesman. Serial#6392289 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 31 August 1913, Pomona, Nebraska. Died: 11 August 1989, Riverside, CA. Buried: Riverside National Cemetery. Enlisted: 11 April 1941, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: laundry, cleaning, pressing. Serial #36207000 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 20 February 1914, Edgefield, SC. Died: 5 July 1975, SC. Enlisted: 2 April 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: construction. In 1930 census John was a laborer at a Ice Plant. His father was Harry Burt and mother was Carrie Holmes. Serial #34090204 If…
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 18 January 1920, Howard, Indiana. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 20 August 1941, Los Angeles, CA. Education: one year college. Civilian occupation: general farming, chauffeur/truck, taxi driver. His father is Ira S. Cunningham, farmer, and mother Bessie Smith, housekeeper. Both born in Indiana. Serial #39163354 If you have information about…