Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 30 December1922, Alabama. Lived in Hopkins County, KY Died:29 October 1961. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Louisville, KY. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. In 1940 census, his father is Thatcher Orr, a coal miner, born in Alabama and living in Hopkins, KY. His mother, Lilian Orr, maid…
African American, Alaska Highway, Company A. Serial #36020017 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 1909, Virginia. Died: unk. Enlisted: 21 July 1941, Camp Upton Yaphank, NY. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: In 1940 census he is listed as a Presser in a tailor shop. His father was Alex Gordon, a captain of a tug boat, and his mother Eva Gordon. Serial #32161533…
African American, Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 12 April 1916, Chestertown, MD. Died: 11 December 1986, Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted: 29 January 1941, Philadelphia, PA. Medical Discharge: 18 September 1943 for Personality Disorder (Maladaptive disorder, Adjustment disorder with anxiety). Separation: Station Hospital, Camp Clayborne, LA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Porter. In 1940 census he is…
African American, Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 1918, South Carolina. Died: unk. Enlisted: 28 March 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina. Education: grammar school. Serial #34090053 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 23 February 1917 Brunswick, VA. Died: 10 March 1985, Brodnax, VA. Buried: Harrison Family Cemetery, Brodnax, VA. Enlisted: 17 June 1941, Richmond, VA. Discharged: 11 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Sawmill. WW2 Draft card: Mother: Sarah Ann Harrison Hawkins. Father: Lundy Hawkins. Henry was employed by…
African American, Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 8 December 1914, North Carolina. Died: 31 December 1945. Headstone application states that he died in service. He was not discharged. Also he was listed with the 1327 Engineer General Service Regiment. Enlisted: 4 August 1941, Camp Upton Yaphank, N.Y. Education: three years high school. Civilian occupation: chauffeur,…
African American, Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 1913, Montgomery, GA. Died: March 1985. Enlisted: 25 June 1941 Ft. Benning, GA. Education: three years college. Civilian occupation: teacher, primary school. Serial #34062456 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 4 December 1921, Russell, Alabama. Died: 19 November 1995, Chicago, ILL. Enlisted: 16 August 1940, Ft. Benning, GA, Regular Army. Education: four years high school. His father was Clifford James and mother was Lugeania Roberts. Eugene married Dorothy L. Crawford on 4 February 1943. Serial #14015201 If…
African American, Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 15 February 1923, Tampa, Florida. Died: 30 November 2004, Los Angeles, CA. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Camp Blanding, Florida. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: Hotel kitchen worker. His father was Arthur Burton, Sr and his mother was Palmelee Lockett. He married Mary L. Witt on 4…