Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 27 December 1918, Ahoskie, Hertford, NC. Died: 30 June 1999, Bertie County, NC. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. His father was George Harrell and his mother was Annie M. Majette. He married Pearlie Boone on 27 March 1948. Serial #34032644 If you have…
African American, Alaska Highway, Company E. Born: 1918, Georgia. Died: unknown. Lived in Lowndes County, GA. Enlisted: 26 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Serial #34062502 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE.
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 6 November 1922, South Carolina. Died: 11 September 1990, Varnville, SC. Enlisted: 26 August 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Discharged: 20 December 1945. Education: grammar school. His father was John Robertson Doctor (1893-1963) and his mother was Rebecca Sadie Dunmeyer (1896-1966). Serial #34096806 If you have information about…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 2 January 1908, Wake, NC. Died: 29 September 1980, Wake Forest, Wake, NC. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Discharged: 16 August 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming; J. D. Johnson’s Sawmill. His father was Frank Massenburg (1878-1918) and his mother was Annie Crump (Hayes)…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 1918, Louisiana. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 12 March 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL. Discharged: 29 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: kitchen worker at hotel or restaurant. Serial #34028520 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 1914, North Carolina. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 27 August 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Serial #34119784 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 3 February 1919, North Carolina. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 26 August 1941, Ft. Bragg, SC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: warehouse, storekeeping, labeling. His father was Charlie Lentz and his mother was Daisy Lentz. He married Bernice Barber on 7 October 1946, in Forsythe, NC. Serial #34119674 If you…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 8 April 1923, Richmond, NC. Died: 9 April 1946 Wadesboro, Anson NC. Enlisted: 26 Aug 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. His headstone states that he was with HQ, 2nd HQ detachment 465 Service Command Unit. The headstone application form records the Service Command Unit as 1463. He was also…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 6 January 1921, Tunnel Springs, AL. Died: 9 January 1969, Tuskegee, Macon, AL. Enlisted: 4 April 1941, Ft. McClellan, AL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. His father was Listern Lee (1883-?) and his mother was Nellie Let Lee (1865-?). Spouse: Annie Maude Kyles Lee (1930-2010). They…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 23 June 1919, Pinewood, SC. Died: 8 October 1973, Pennsylvania. Enlisted: 27 August 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Discharged: 8 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: in 1940 census he was a servant in a private home. His father was Hubert Lee and his mother was Hermine…