Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 16 February 1920, Pontiac, MI. Died: 23 March 1990, Pontiac, Oakland, MI. Enlisted: 13 April 1942. Ft. Custer, MI, Regular Army and discharged 27 November 1946. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: he planted trees with a CCC forest project and his draft card records that he…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 15 February 1917, Henrico, VA. Died: 31 August 1986, New York. Enlisted: 29 July 1941, Ft. George G. Meade, MD and discharged 8 July 1945. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: garage laborer and in 1940 he worked as a janitor at John Stahl theatre. His father…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 16 February 1919, Darlington, Harford County, MD. Died: 23 April 2010, Glenside, Montgomery, PA. Enlisted: 29 April 1941, Philadelphia, PA and discharged 10 November 1945. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: Bellman. His Aunt was Beatrice D. Smith. He married Margaret Daniel Barbee (1917-1995) in 1959 in…
African American. Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 20 June 1916 (Alternate: 1914), South Carolina. Died: 20 November 1957, Charleston, South Carolina. He died at age 43 from an allergic reaction to penicillin. Enlisted: 16 February 1942 and discharged 29 September 1945. His record shows that he transferred from the 95th Engineer (GS) Regiment to the…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 13 January (Alternate: September) 1915, Louisiana. Died: 22 December 1986 Gretna, Jefferson Parish, LA. Enlisted: 20 September 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 13 August 1945. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: Refining Petroleum. His father was Celestine Peterson, a long shoreman at the riverfront and…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 14 August (Alternate: 20 November), 1922, New York. Died: 14 December 1996, Albany, New York. Enlisted: 22 December 1941, New York city, NY, Regular Army. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: Photographer. His father was John Parker and his mother’s maiden name was Smith. Serial #12038973 If…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 26 July 1916, Clarke County, Athens, GA. Died: 16 November 1982, Clarke County, Athens, GA. Enlisted: 1 August 1941, Baltimore, MD and discharged 19 September 1945. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: shoe make and shoe repair. His father was Robert Eldon Nesbit, Sr. He married Dorothy…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 1915, Georgia. Lived in Cook County, IL. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 27 November 1941, Chicago, IL. Education: three years high school. Civilian occupation: draftsman. Serial #36300356 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 12 November 1919, Danville, VA. Alternate location, Pittsylvania County, NC. Died: 28 January 1976, Nipomo, San Luis Obispo, CA. Enlisted: (1) 21 April 1941 and (2) Re-enlisted 19 September 1945, Ft. Bragg NC, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers and discharged 2 February 1947. Education: two years high school….
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 29 July 1920, Edgecombe County, Tarbaro, NC. Died: 21 March 1997, Bronx, NY. Enlisted: 23 April 1941, Richmond, VA, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers and discharged 24 September 1945. Education: four years high school. His father was Alvin Lloyd (1896-1967) and his mother was Bessie Wellington (1903-1953). He…