Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 25 Jun 1916, LA. Died: 5 Jul 1975, LA. Enlisted onto the Army on 5 Jun 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers. He was discharged 2 October 1944. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: chauffeur, driver. In 1940 census he was occupied as…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 23 May 1907, Adams County, MS. Died: 8 February 1990, Jamaica, Queens, NY. Enlisted: 20 November 1945 (13 October 1945), Camp Atterbury, Columbus, Indiana, Regular Army. Education: two years high school. Serial #14053829 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 29 March 1919, Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi. Died: 17 July 1988, Greenwood, Leflore County, MS. Enlisted:15 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 10 July 1944. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: training school NYA, part time sheet metal worker. His father was William Sisson, brick mason WPA…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 18 September 1913, Wetumka, Oklahoma. Died: 29 October 1964, Los Angeles, CA. Enlisted: 21 Oct 1941 at Los Angeles, California and discharged 2 June 1943. Education: two years high school. Civil Occupation: 1940 laborer cotton farm, truck driver, chauffeur. His father was Charlie Shaffer and his mother’s maiden…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 February 1919, New Orleans, LA. Died: 21 July 1974, Baton Rouge, LA. Enlisted: 14 December 1942 and re-enlisted 11 December 1945, Regular Army, Transportation Corps. Education: one year high school. Serial #34073393 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
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: 1915, MS. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 18 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: chauffeur, driver. Serial #34046815 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 21 January 1922, Pike County, AL. Died: June 1973, Brundidge, Pike, AL. Enlisted: 20 August 1940, Montgomery, AL, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers and discharged 22 June 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming. He married Senora Blake on 17 November 1944 in Pierce, WA. Serial #14015621 If…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 6 May 1917, Carrolton, GA. Died: 20 Jul 2001, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio. Enlisted: 8 Dec 1941 at Ft. Thomas Newport, KY. Education: three years high school. Civil Occupation: Janitor/sexton, porter in restaurant. His father was Garfield Ringer (1887-1951), WPA laborer, and his mother was Unia Jones (1891-1968). He…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway, 1922 Service Command Unit. Born: 28 March 1909, New Orleans LA. Died: 5 May 1968, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted: 17 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 1 August 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: plasterer, building construction. In 1930 census his father, John was a…