Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 27 February 1919, Quitman, GA. Died: 9 March 2009, Waycross, GA. Enlisted: 30 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: messenger/errand boy. His father was Council Shelton, Sr. and his mother was Julie Shelton. His wife was Luce Lee Shelton of Waycross and they had…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 14 January 1922, Heard County, GA. Died: 26 October 1994, Columbus, OH. Enlisted: 27 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: machinist at iron/steel foundry. His father was Eder Shepherd and his mother was Lou G. Ware. Serial #34062666 If you have information about this…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 30 July 1917, Georgia. Died: 16 August, 1996, Bronx, NY. Enlisted: 21 July 1941, Camp Upton Yaphank, NY. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: Huckster/peddler. His father was Sam Robinson and his mother was Livie Robinson. Serial #32161407 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 13 October 1919, Windsor, Bertie, NC. Died: 25 April 1993, Suffolk, NY. Enlisted: 30 July 1941, Camp Upton Yaphank, NY. Education: grammar school. His father was William Razor and his mother was Emma Gilliam. Raymond married Harriett Ballard on 30 October 1950 in Manhattan, NY. Serial #32162744 If…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 10 October 1915, Iredell County, NC. Died: 20 January 1972, Oteen, Buncombe County, NC. Enlisted: 2 April 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: truck driver. His father was Herbert Ramsey and his mother was Sudie Moore. Serial #34032789 If you have information about…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 4 July 1919, Montgomery County, TN. Died: 18 July 1981, TN. Enlisted: 6 August 1941, Ft. Oglethorpe, GA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. His father was Dan “Bud” Rabon and his mother was Cozy Lisenbee. Serial #34144442 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 11 December 1917, Calhoun, Gordon, GA. Died: 21 January 2004, GA. Enlisted: 27 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Civilian occupation: farm laborer, maintenance man and janitor. His father was Tom Steel, a farm operator, and his mother was Emma L. Denman Steel. Spouse: Addie M. Steel. Serial #34062642…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 1918, Carroll County, MS. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. Serial #34045356 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 1922, Humpreys County, MS. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 28 March 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Serial #34045177 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 2 July 1917 (1918), Frederick County, MD. Died: 18 November 1950, York, PA. Buried: John Wesley Cemetery, Libertytown, MD. Enlisted: 11 August 1941, Baltimore, MD. Discharged: 27 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: stable man, employed by Edward Noonan. His father was Ferdinand Smith. Serial #33065679 If…