Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway, Company H&S, B, C and E. Born: 2 September 1910, Brooklyn, NY. Died: 26 January 1997, Tappan, Rockland, NY. Enlisted: April 1941. He attended Boys High School in Brooklyn. He graduated in 1936 from New York University with a degree in civil engineering. He received his Army Reserve commission upon graduation from college….
Alaska Highway. Company C Born: 2 June 1918, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Died: 14 January 2007, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Enlisted Army Air Corps : (1)20 August 1941. Discharged: (1) 27 November 1945. Enlisted Army: (2) 26 March 1951. Discharged: (2) 1 February 1952. Edward graduated from MIT in 1940 with a degree in civil engineering. In…
Alaska Highway. Company C and A. Born: 26 March 1916, Columbus, Muscogee, GA. Died: 8 October 1976, Dekalb County, GA. Enlistment and discharge dates are unknown. He went to college for four years. Second Lt. Gordy was assigned to Company C with the segregated 97th Engineer Regiment. They landed in Valdez, Alaska on 29 April…
Alaska Highway. Company H/S, C, HQ. Born: 10 June 1914, Richwood, Nicholas County, West VA. Died: 15 March 2012, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute June of 1936 with a BS degree in Chemical Engineering. He received a commission as a 2Lt Reserve Officer in the US Army Corps of Engineers…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 18 May 1919, Gates County, NC. Died: 6 July 1968, Gatesville, Gaston, NC. Buried: Lebanon Grove Cemetery, Gatesville, NC. Enlisted: 4 April 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: lumberman, logger at sawmill. His mother was Hatie E. Walton and his wife was Martha Walton. Serial…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 14 June 1915, Olney, MD. Died: 6 September 2001, Silver Spring, MD. Enlisted: 11 August 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: production of cement, concrete, plaster and also listed on WW2 draft card, he was employed by Indian Spring County Club, Silver Spring, MD. His grandmother…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 31 August 1915, South Carolina. Died: 16 December 1995, Gadsen Rich, SC. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: grammar school. His father was Mallie Taylor and his mother was Annie Jones. Serial #34090131 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 28 January 1920, Greensboro, NC. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 4 April 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: messenger, errand boy and he was a cook at the Rough Restaurant. His father was Walter Thompson, also a cook at a cafe, and his mother was…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 23 July 1919, Edgecombe County, NC. Died: August 1978, Washington, DC. Enlisted: 4 April 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: chauffeur/driver truck or cab. His father was Oscar Vines and his mother was Roland Vines. Serial #34110150 If you have information about this soldier CLICK…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 20 October 1916, Baltimore, MD. Died: 13 June 1996, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: 11 August 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: porter. His father was Joseph Watts and his mother was Agnes Payne Watts. James was the brother of Martha Vonzella Henley. Serial #33065649 If you have…