Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 13 July 1922, Bellamy, AL. Died: 14 June 2003, Kalamazoo, MI. Enlisted: 4 April 1941, Ft. McClellan, AL. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: Janitor/Sexton. His father was Major Freeman and his mother was Dola Jane Nettles. Serial #34100387 If you have information about this soldier CLICK…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 6 December 1916, Calhoun Falls, SC. Died: 28 February 2007, Buffalo, NY. Enlisted: 9 July 1941, Buffalo, NY. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: waiter for Railroad. Serial #32135502 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 27 March 1918, Easton, Talbot, MD. Died: 18 January 1982, MD. Enlisted: 11 August 1941, Baltimore, MD. Discharged: 27 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: house-yard man. His father was Charles Gardner and his mother Mary L. Hall Gardner. Serial #33065705 If you have information about…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 17 December 1917, VA. Died: 15 January 1969, NY. Enlisted: 18 July 1941, Camp Upton Yaphank, NY. Discharged: 8 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: waiter. Serial #32161369 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 28 March 1910, Georgetown, SC. Died: July 1983. Enlisted 29 March 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: lumberman and listed on his WW2 draft card Marion is employed by Camp Manufacturing Company. His mother’s name was Hester Grassett. Serial #34032642 If you have information…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 1919, SC. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 2 April 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: transportation. Serial # 34032819 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 25 May 1919, GA. Died: 6 April 1983, Baldwin County, GA. Enlisted: 27 March 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Sawmill. Serial #34060202 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 1914, GA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 28 March 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: cook. Serial #34060274 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: February 1918 (1919), Williamsburg, SC. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 29 June 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: grammar school. His father was Louis Gadson and mother was Maria Gadson. Spouse: Dorothea McGill Gadson. Serial #34094352 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 27 July 1905, NC. Died: 1 April 1990, Durham, NC. Enlisted: 2 April 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Alternate enlisted date: 14 January 1941. Discharged: 4 July 1944. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming. Serial #34032717 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE