Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African America. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 5 April 1918, North Carolina. Died: 17 August 1993, New York City, NY. Enlisted: 22 October 1941, Camp Upton, Yaphank, NY and discharged 6 September 1945. Education: three years high school. He was married. Serial #32177998 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
West Indies. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 28 May 1914, Manhattan, NY. Died: 9 November 1975, NY. Enlisted: 10Â November 1941, Camp Upton, Yaphank, NY and discharged 31 October 1946. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: lithographer; errand boy laundry store. His father was James A. Thompson (1864-1926), born in West Indies, worked as…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 14 April 1918, Winfall, NC. Died: 22 June 1975, Pinellas, FL. Enlisted: 18 July 1941 Camp Upton, Yaphank, NY and discharged 21 September 1945. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: lumberman and in 1940 he was a finisher at a shoe repair shop. His father was William…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 25 September 1919, Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, VA. Died: 9 February 1987, Chicago, Cook, IL. Enlisted: (1) 17 May 1941 and discharged 12 August 1945. (2) 31 May 1946, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers, Ft. Bragg, NC and discharged 19 March 1953. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation:…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 17 September 1918, Bucks, Horry County, SC. Died: 22 February 1970, Myrtle Beach, Horry Count, SC. Enlisted: October 1945(re-enlistment), Regular Army, QM Corps, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: camp attendant. His father was Jessie C. Spain and his mother was Mazzie Spain. Serial #34250317 If…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 24 June 1914, TN. Died: 21 December 1998, Cleveland, OH. Enlisted: 14 February 1942, Camp Perry, Lacarne, OH and discharged 29 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: cook; janitor/cleaner. His father was Roy Small, odd job laborer and his mother was Ida Bonner Small, a cook for…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 4 August 1919, Georgetown County, SC. Died: 17 May 1955, Manhattan, NY. Enlisted: 16 February 1942, Ft. Bragg, NC and discharged 20 March 1946. Transferred to 4009 QM Truck Company, Transportation Corps. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: lumberman. His mother was Emma H. Simmons. Serial #34250348 If you…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 9 July 1918, Wayne County, NC. Died: 18 January 1959, Wayne County, NC. At age 36 he died from a gunshot would to the chest. Enlisted: 29 January 1942, Ft. Bragg, NC and discharged 20 August 1944. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farm laborer. His father was Julius…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 24 September 1919, Bartow, Polk, FL. Died: 2 October 2002, Polk, FL. Enlisted: 17 February 1942, Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 6 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farm laborer and employed at Lake Garfield Nursery Company. His father was William Dany Rose and his mother was…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: unknown. Died: unknown. Serial #37179401 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE