Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 April 1916, Columbia, SC. Died: 23 January 1992, Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted: 23 September 1941, Ft. George G. Meade, MD and discharged 6 November 1945. Education: 9th grade. His mother was Lucille Benson and his daughter’s name was Ruth Charlene Benson. Serial #33101297 If you have information about…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 5 February 1910, Wake County, NC. Died; 18 June 1992, Monroe Quachita, LA. Enlisted: 12 May 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: farming, porter. His father was John Beckwith and his mother was Rosie Satterfield. His sister was…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 4 July 1914, Noxubee County, Mississippi. Died: 15 May 1973, Birmingham, Jefferson, AL. Enlisted:15 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 March 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was Tom Beck and his mother was Maggie Beck. Serial #34046468 If you have…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 24 June 1921 Marshall County, Mississippi. Died: 28 November 1999, Indianapolis, Indiana. Enlisted:12 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 27 December 1945. Education: 12th grade. Civil occupation: sawmill. Listed on his death certificate, he was employed as a heavy equipment operator. His father was Bob Beard…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 24 November 1919, Person County, North Carolina. Died: 20 February 2002, NC. Buried at Rougemont, NC. Enlisted: 14 May 1941 at Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was Charlie Bass and his mother was Mary Burton. He married Eulah Beard on 19…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 4 August 1913, Charles County, Maryland. Died: 12 October 1980, Leonard town, St. Mary’s, MD. Enlisted: 13 October at Baltimore, MD and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was William Barbour, a farmer and his mother was Nellie Barbour. He married…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 28 (20) October 1915, Lafourche Parish, LA. Died: 10 (21) July 1982, Lafourche Parish, LA. Enlisted: (1) 17 April 1941 (2) 21 December 1945, Camp Shelby, MS. He was Regular Army in Quartermaster Corps. He was discharged 15 January 1958. Education: grammar school-10th grade. Civilian occupation: laborer N.Y.A….
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 6 Apr 1918, Wake County, North Carolina. Died: 13 January 1987, Buffalo, Erie, NY. Enlisted: 12 May 1941 at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina and discharged 19 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming. His father, Henry, was a farmer and his mother, Bettie, was a housewife. His…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 April 1906, Alabama. Died: 20 January 1998. Enlisted: 11 Apr 1941 at Ft. Oglethorpe, GA and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: molder. He lived in Hamilton County, TN. His spouse was Lucile Appleton. Serial #34041670 If you have information about this soldier CLICK…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 27 August 1912, New Orleans, Louisiana. Died: 13 November 1987, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted: 17 Apr 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 8 August 1945. Education: four years of high school. Civilian occupation: porter. In the 1940 census he worked as a laborer and lived with his…