Wilfred DeFour

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.

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.

[3] In November 2018, DeFour appeared in a ceremony renaming a Harlem post office in honor of the Tuskegee Airmen.

After the war, he completed his associate and bachelor's degrees in real estate and business administration.

The Tuskegee Airmen's aircraft had distinctive markings that led to the name, "Red Tails." [ N 1 ]