Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 15 June 1912, Marshall County, MS. Died: 15 January 1967, Memphis, TN. His headstone reads Company C 1311 Engineer Regiment. He was also a member of the 97th Engineer Regiment. Enlisted:23 April1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 17 January 1946. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming. His wife…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 1921 Louisiana. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 28 Mar 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: one year high school. Civil occupation: shoe maker and repair. Serial #34030255 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 25 March 1918, Louisiana. Died: 6 February 1988, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted: 19 July 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 19 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: chauffeur/truck driver. Serial #34079689 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 13 April 1907, Coahoma County, MS. Died: 20 July 2000, Los Angeles, CA. Enlisted: 14 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 2 April 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: cement, concrete finisher. His father was Henry Johnson and his mother was Fannie Franklin. Serial #34046327 If you…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 September 1920, Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi. Died: 5 July 2001, New York. Enlisted: 4 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. His father was Jesse Johnikin and his mother was Pearl Murray. His wife was Lillian Johnikin (1924-2001). Serial #34045596 If you have information about…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 18 May 1919 Port Hudson, Louisiana. Died: 9 July 1986, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Enlisted: 15 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 12 November 1944. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: employed by US Engineering Department in New Orleans. He retired from Ethyl Corporation. Spouses: Alice B….
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 July 1918, Reform, Jefferson County, Alabama. Died: 15 December 1987, Tuskegee, Macon, AL. Enlisted: 8 Aug 1941 at Ft. McClellan, AL and discharged 24 January 1946. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: servant private family. In 1940 James was employed at Jordan Cafe in Birmingham, AL. His father…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 November 1916, East Point, Red River, Louisiana. Died: 22 January 1998, Shreveport, Caddo, LA. Enlisted: 17 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: chauffeur/ truck driver. His father was Will James and his mother was Luberta…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 April 1919, Spartanburg, SC. Died: 17 August 1988, Alexandria, VA. Enlisted: 14 August 1941, Richmond, VA and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: chauffeur/truck driver and death certificate lists his employment as a laborer in a scrap company. His father was William C. Jackson…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 31 August 1922, Jefferson County, West Virginia. Died: 15 October 1948, Pittsburg, PA. Buried at Kearneysville Cemetery West Virginia. Death certificate records that James died at age 26 from shock and hemorrhage due to multiple stab wounds in chest and abdomen and labeled his death as a murder….