Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company F. Born: 25 June 1919, Dougherty County, GA. Died: 17 September 1966, Alameda, CA. Enlisted: 1 November 1945, Whitefish, Montana, Regular Army, Transportation Corps. Education: three years high school. Serial #34062596 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company F. Born: 28 April 1922, Tate County, MS. Died: 11 November 1996, Cleveland, OH. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Porter, 1940 census lists him as a painter and in 1990’s he was a guard/police. Serial #34045216 If you have information about this soldier…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company F. Born: 24 May 1922, Lauderdale, MS. Died: 24 May 1971, Dayton, OH. Enlisted: 28 March 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: kitchen worker at hotel or restaurant; 1940 a farm laborer and in 1959 a janitor. His father was Henry Robin, a sharecrop farmer and his…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company F. Born: 14 February 1915, Americus, GA. Died: 28 September 1989, PA. Enlisted: 25 March 1941, Ft. Oglethorpe. Discharged: 10 November 1945. Education: one year high school. Civilian Occupation: fabrication of metal products and in 1940 census he was listed as a dishwasher at a restaurant. Serial #34039897 If you…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company F. Born: 1 May 1914. Sun Flower, AL. Died: 10 December 2002, Washington, AL. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Ft. McClellan, AL. Discharged: 15 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Sawmill, log cutter. His father was Leveret Reed, Sr and his mother was Dellie Wright Reed. Serial #34033838 If you…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company F. Born: 6 March 1917, Forsyth, NC. Died: 17 June 1978, NY. Enlisted: 27 August 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: three years high school. Civilian occupation: processing dairy products at Southern Dairy. Serial #34119819 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company F. Born: 12 July 1922 (1923), Martin County, NC. Died: 22 April 1967. Enlisted: 2 April 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Spouse: Elnora Jones whom he married on 19 August 1944. His father was William Reddick and mother Eva Rodgers Reddick. Serial #34032796 If you have information about…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company F. Born: 1918, Jefferson County, AL. Died: 25 December 1970, Birmingham, AL. Enlisted: 8 Aug 1941, Ft. McClellan, AL. Education: four years of high school. Civilian occupation: metal worker. Spouse: Jesse S. Peterson. His mother was Katie Prater and father was Joseph Peterson. Serial #34108721 If you have information about…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company F. Born: 26 January 1920, Vaiden, MS. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 2 April 1941, Ft. McClellan, AL. Discharged: 15 September 1943. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: messenger/errand boy for Watson Market. He married Evelyn Burn on 4 December 1943. His father was Winfer Purnell and mother Ida Wood. Serial #34100119 If…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company F. Born: 1919, Fulton county, GA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 27 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: truck driver’s helper at a retail dairy. Serial #34062652 http://www.93regimentalcan.com/contact-us/