Wilfred DeFour
Tuskegee Airman (1918–2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SSG Wilfred DeFour (April 12, 1918 – December 8, 2018) was a Panamanian-American soldier and centenarian. Born in Colón, Panama in 1918, DeFour emigrated with his family to the United States when Wilfred was still a child. The family settled in the Harlem section of New York City.
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Birth name | Wilfred DeFour |
Born | (1918-04-12)April 12, 1918 Colón, Panama |
Died | December 8, 2018(2018-12-08) (aged 100) Harlem, New York |
Service/ | United States Army Air Force |
Years of service | 1942–1945 |
Rank | Staff Sergeant |
Unit | 366th Air Service Squadron and 332nd Fighter Group |
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During World War II DeFour served in the United States Army as an aircraft technician with the distinguished Tuskegee Airmen, the first all African-American air corps. DeFour died in December 2018 at the age of 100, he was last surviving member of the Tuskegee Airmen.[1]