Category: Profiles of Tuskegee Airmen

Ralph Orduna

Ralph Phillip Orduna August 17, 1920 – May 27, 2003 Class: 44-E-SE Graduation date: 5/23/1944 Rank at time of graduation: 2nd Lt Unit: 301 Fighter

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Pierce T. Ramsey  

Pierce T. Ramsey August 7, 1925 – June 15, 2019 Class: 45-F-TE Graduation date: 9/8/1945 Rank at time of graduation: Flt. Officer Service # T70430

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Leroy, Roberts Jr.

Leroy, Roberts Jr. 1921 – August 13, 2008 Class: 44-E-SE Graduation date: 5/23/1944 Rank at time of graduation: 2nd Lt Service # 0830794 From: Toccoa

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Herbert Heywood

Herbert Hosea Heywood November 10, 1923 – May 8, 1982 Class: 44-C-SE Graduation date: 3/12/1944 Rank at time of graduation: 2nd Lt. Service # 0824833

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Eugene A. Derricotte

Eugene “Gene” Derricotte June 14, 1926 – March 31, 2023 Class: 46-B-TE Graduation date: 5/14/1946 From: Detroit MI Dr. Derricotte was born June 14, 1926

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Elbert T. Hudson

Elbert T. Hudson November 16, 1920 – August 8, 2017 Class: 44-C-SE Graduation Date: 3/12/1944 Graduation Rank: 2nd Lt. Service #0824834 From: Los Angeles CA

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Charles Roach

Charles Roach Class: 45-F-TE Graduation Date: 9/8/1945  Unit: 477th Bombardment Group, Service # T70431  “You can’t fight your way up to the top with your

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John L. Hamilton

John L. Hamilton December 13, 1919 – November 21, 1982 Class: 43-E-SE Graduation date: SE 5/28/1943 Rank at time of graduation: 2nd Lt. Service #

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Richard S. Harder

Richard S. Harder August 14, 1922 – February 2, 2020 Class: 44-B-SE Graduation date: 2/8/1944 Rank at time of graduation: 2nd Lt. Unit: 99th Fighter

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