Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 7 October 1911, LA. Died: 10 April 1981, LA, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farm laborer. His father was Samuel Williams, a farm laborer, and his mother was Ella Williams. Serial…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 19 June 1919, Batesville, Panola County, MS. Died: 26 November 1988, Las Vegas, NV. Enlisted: (1) 17 April 1941 and discharged 22 November 1945. Enlisted: (2) 12 December 1945, Camp Shelby MS, Regular Army, Medical Administrative Corps and discharged 30 September 1965. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: manufacture…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 11 April 1919, Issaquena County, MS. Died: 25 December 2007, Washington, DC. Enlisted: 14 Apr 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. His father was Anderson Norris, cotton farmer and his mother was Rosa Norris. He married Fannie McQueen on 27 January 1946. Serial #34046340 If you have…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 1913, Washington County, MS. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 18 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: oiler of machinery. Married. Serial #34046927 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 4 February 1918, New Orleans, Louisiana. Died: 19 February 2004. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: two years high school. Civil occupation: painter and construction. On WWII draft card his employment listed was Todd Johnson Dry Dock. He married Ruby L. Brown on…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 22 August 1914, Pointcupee, Louisiana. Died: 15 July 2004, New Orleans, Louisiana. Enlisted: 16 Apr 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 19 September 1944. Education: two years of high school. Civil Occupation: chauffeur/truck driver. WWII draft card records his employment at Cresent Steam Pottery Company. His…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 Dec 1917 Washington County, MS. Died: 19 Jan 1988 Greenville, Washington County, MS. Enlisted: 18 Apr 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 29 May 1945. Education: three years high school. He married Bertha Mae McLemore on 7 March 1949. His father was Robert Lee and his mother…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 7 January 1907, Meridian, Mississippi. Died: 15 May 1973, E. Chicago, Lake County, Indiana. Enlisted: 15 Apr 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, Florida and discharged 18 September 1945. Education-grammar school. Civilian occupation: chauffeur/truck driver. In 1940 census he was listed as a tractor operator on a plantation and…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 6 February 1913, Jasper, MS. Died: 26 February 1978, Chicago, Cook, IL. Enlisted: 17 Apr 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 18 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: production of food products. He was employed at Douglas Transfer Company in New Orleans, LA. His father…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 4 April 1919, New Orleans, LA. Died: 2 May 1981, Tacoma, Pierce, WA. Enlisted: (1) 17 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Enlisted: (2) 16 January 1948 and discharged 30 October 1964. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: hospital attendant. His father was Thomas Decurie and his mother…