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Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway. Headquarters, H&S and Company E. Veteran of WW2, Korea and Vietnam. Born: 9 January 1910, Belton, Bell County, TX. Died: 31 July 2006, Savannah, Chatham County, GA. Buried: Beaufort National Cemetery, South Carolina. Enlisted: 25 April 1941. Discharged: 23 March 1946. Jack Doyle was a 1Lt in H&S Company of the 97th Engineer…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C and H&S Company. Born: 25 October 1919, Baldwin County, GA. Died: 22 December 1981, Emanuel, GA. Enlisted: 30 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 26 Decembr 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: In 1939 he was employed by Coon’s Sawmill in Milldegeville, GA. In the military he was…
Alaska Highway. Major, MD, Medical Corps, H&S Company. Born: 12 July 1898, Hallettsville, Lavaca County, TX. Died: 19 January 1958 of a coronary occlusion, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX. Enlisted: 4 April 1940. Discharged: 13 March 1946. Dr. Heger, a medical doctor, lived in the Henkhaus community and after studying medicine returned to Moulton, Texas…
Alaska Highway. Commander of H&S Company and in July was assigned to First BN Hqt. A veteran of two wars, WW2 and Korea. Born: 31 August 1910, Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, PA. Died: 10 September 1985, Orange Park, Clay County, FL. He enlisted on 29 March 1941 in the Army Air Corps and discharged on 12…
Alaska Highway. Captain, Company B and H&S. Born: 5 June 1912, New Mexico. Died: 28 June 1985, Bethel, Fairfield, CT. Enlisted: 1 May 1941, Ft. Belvoir, VA and Discharged 3 April 1946. Education: He attended Sewanee University, TN, Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts with a degree in Chemical…
Alaska Highway. Captain, Company A and H&S. Born: 4 July 1914, Stevens, Skamania County, WA. Died: 30 May 2003, Whitman County, WA. Buried: Bethel Cemetery, Steptoe, Whitman County, WA. Enlisted: 1 May 1941 and Discharged: 11 August 1948. Education: He graduated from Steptoe High School in 1932 and received an engineering degree at State College…
Alaska Highway. Company F and H&S. Born: 13 October 1907, Staunton, Augusta County, VA. Died: 9 January 2002, Richmond, Henrico County, VA. He graduated from Beverley Manor High School and received an engineering degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1932. In 1940 census he worked as a draftsman for the U.S. Government. In April 1942,…
Alaska Highway. Captain, Company D , H&S and Regimental Commander. Veteran WW2 and Korea Born: 29 July 1911, Winona, MS. Died: 3 August 1990, Winona, MS. Enlisted: 12 June 1937. Retired: 31 December 1961, highest rank, Colonel. Charles was a 1929 graduate of Inverness High School and in 1931 graduated from Moorehead Junior College. He…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A and H&S. Born: 11 April 1922, Tunnel Springs, Monroe, AL. Died: 8 August 1991, Tacoma, WA. Enlisted: 4 April 1941, Ft. McClellan, AL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming. His father is Clark Stallworth and his mother Barbara McCorney. His wife was Bessie M Stallworth. Serial #34100432 If you…
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 28 November 1920, Cuyahoga, OH. Died: 9 January 1948. Buried: Highland Park Cemetery, OH. Enlisted: 9 December 1941, Camp Perry Lacarne, Ohio. Education: one year high school. Serial #35280850 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE