Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 19 October1916 (BIRLS records birthdate as 15 July 1916), South Carolina. Died: 18 October 2009, New York. Enlisted: 21 October 1941 at Ft. Dix, NJ and discharged 20 November 1945. Lived in New York County, NY. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: Laborer WPA project. In 1920 census his father…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 3 April 1912, New Orleans, Louisiana. Died: 13 May 1965, Alexandria, LA. Enlisted:17 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 12 September 1945. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: laborer in a grain elevator. His father was Wyart Howard (1884-1967), laborer in a grain…
African American, H&S Company, Regular Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska Highway. Born: 30 May 1919, Sulpapa, Oklahoma. Died: 17 November 1970, Los Angeles, CA. Enlisted: 14 June 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 26 November 1945. Education: four years high school. Civil Occupation: auto mechanic/repairman. His father was Norman A. Holmes, a…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 26 October 1918, Baltimore, Maryland. Died: 31 March 1986, Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted: 13 January 1942 at Ft. George G. Meade, MD and discharged 25 July 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: farm hand with animals and livestock. His mother was Louise Holland. Serial # 33108950. If you have…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 9 November 1916 (1919 enlistment record), Stewart County, Georgia. Died: 9 December 1950, Troutman, Stewart County, GA. Enlisted: 7 November 1941 at Ft. Benning, GA. Education: one year high school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was George Hardwick 1873-1933. His mother was Carrie Wright 1881-1965. His wife…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 5 October 1921, Logan County, Kentucky. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 3 November 1941, Louisville, Kentucky. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: driver, chauffeur. His mother was Myrtle Harris. Serial # 35110013 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 31 March 1918, Mississippi. Died: 19 March 1982 Dequincy, Calcasien, LA. Lived in Carroll County, Mississippi. Enlisted: 11 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: laborer. His mother was Ellen Hansborough (1882-?), a farm laborer and a widow in 1930 and…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers. Born: BIRLS 28 November 1919. WW2 draft card: 29 May 1917, Auburn, Lee, Alabama. Died: 10 December 1989, Alabama. Enlisted: 16 Aug 1940, Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 29 May 1945. Reinlisted: 21 September 1945, unemployed, just out of service. Education: two years high school. …
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 November 1918, Selma Dallas, Alabama. Died: ?4 April 1958. Enlisted: 8 October 1941 at Ft. McClellan, Alabama. Education: two years high school. Civil occupation: 1940 census lists longshoreman for Walsh Stevedore Company. 1940 draft card records employment at Mobile Crane Company. His mother was Elizabeth Williams Hale. …
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 14 August 1919, Mamou, Evangeline, Louisiana. Died: 29 January 2009, St. Landry, Louisiana. Enlisted: 12 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: general farming. His father was Fabus Gradney and his mother was Seda Fontenot.His wife was…