African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 13 Oct 1918, Franklin, St. Mary, Louisiana. Died: unknown date, Franklin, LA. Enlisted: 15 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL.
Education: four years high school. In 1940 census Percy was a laborer in a sugar mill. His WWII draft card lists his employer as Sterling Refinery.
His father was Jake Hatcherson and his mother was Mamie Howard Hatcherson. He married Margaret Bolden in 1949. His son, Percy P. Hatcherson, Jr graduated in 1980 from University of Colorado with a degree in pharmacy.
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