Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 7 February 1915, Clarke County, Mississippi. Died: 2 July 1980, Detroit, Wayne, MI. Enlisted: 27 May 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: farming and in 1940 census he is listed as a laborer in a sawmill. His father was…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 11 July 1917, Cottonport, Louisiana. Died: 12 August 1982, Harris, Houston, TX. Enlisted: 12 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 13 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Occupation: Custodian at school. His father was Alex Davis and his mother was Francis E. Page. His wife…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 24 December 1916, Covington, LA. Died: 30 January 1986, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted:17 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: one year high school. Civil Occupation: chauffeur/truck driver and a porter. His sister was a Ida Brown and his wife was…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 28 July 1918, Richmond, VA. Died: 10 March 1973, VA. Enlisted: 1941, Richmond VA. Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: Janitor. His father was Cephus Coleman and his mother was Cora Mallory. His wife was Myrtle P. Coleman. Serial #32186752 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 6 May 1919, Granville County, North Carolina. Died: 13 February 1989, Oxford, Granville County, NC. Enlisted: 3 November 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC and discharged 28 September 1944. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. In 1940 census it is recorded that he was employed by Blalock Chevrolet Company….
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 July 1918, GA. Died: 3 October 1950, Ohio. Lived in Hamilton County, Ohio. Enlisted: 3 November 1941 at Ft. Thomas Newport, KY. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: kitchen worker in hotels and restaurants. In 1940 census he is listed as a hotel busboy. Serial # 35131724 If…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 2 June 1919, New Orleans, Louisiana. Died: 30 May 1964, Los Angeles, California. Enlisted: 17 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and physical discharge 10 October 1944. Education: three years high school. Civil Occupation: fabrication of textile products, employed at Famous Sternberg Clothing Co. in New Orleans….
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 15 August 1914, Birmingham, Alabama. Died: 29 September 1982, Kankakee County, IL. Lived in Jefferson County, Alabama. Enlisted: 8 August 1941 at Ft. McClellan, AL. Education: four years college. Civil Occupation: public school teacher. His mother’s name was Janie. Serial #34108749 If you have information about this soldier…
African American, H&S and C Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 18 (20) June 1918 (1920), Florida. Died: 8 January 1990, Macon, Bibb County, GA. Enlisted: 7 November 1941 at Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: four years high school. In 1940 census he was a truck driver at a nursery. In 1930 census…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 12 September 1919, Fulton County, GA. Died: 11 April 1984, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA. Enlisted: 8 Novdmbr 1941 at Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school.His father was Green Brown and his mother was Linnie Brown. His wife was Pauline. Serial # 34065002 If…