DeFrein George Courtney was born November 17, 1937 in Gonvick to parents Gladys and Harry Courtney. He grew up in Bagley and attended Bagley public schools. He graduated from Bagley High School in 1955. 

He enlisted in the Air Force on January 11, 1955 and was sent to Parks AFB in California for basic training. He received further training as an x-ray technician at Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base in Alabama. He was then sent to the 7272d USAF Hospital in Tripoli, Libya for duty. He was honorably discharged March 8, 1963. 

Defrein died on September 29, 1985 and in buried in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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