More detail on this person: Washington man,
Army's first black helicopter pilot dies c 2010
The Associated Press June 17, 2010, 1:41PM
RENTON, Wash. _ A man from Washington state
who became the Army's first black helicopter pilot
during the Vietnam War has died.
William H. Holloman, a Tuskegee airman in World
War II who also served in Vietnam, was 85.
The Tuskegee Airmen association said Thursday
that Holloman died Friday in Renton after
suffering a heart attack. He was a St. Louis
native who lived in Kent.
As an 18-year-old, Holloman entered the Army Air
Corps and trained with the all-black program at
the Tuskegee, Ala., Army Flying School.
Tuskegee Airmen says that after the war, Holloman
worked as a commercial pilot but was recalled in
1966 to serve in Vietnam.
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