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Kimbrough Foley 1928 - 1983

Kimbrough Foley of Inglewood, Los Angeles County, CA was born on June 26, 1928 in Robertson County, Texas United States, and died at age 54 years old on May 26, 1983 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA. Kimbrough Foley was buried in Jun at riverside national cemeterysection 6 site 2442 van buren boulevard, in riverside, riverside County.

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Inglewood, Los Angeles County, CA 90308
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June 26, 1928
Robertson County, Texas, United States
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    Foley, an African-American native of Robertson County, Texas, was shot and killed during an apparent robbery on May 26, 1983 in an alley in South-Central Los Angeles on Normandie Avenue, near Vernon Avenue. The suspect in the crime Grant Christon, 22, was later arrested by Los Angeles police. Foley's slaying was witnessed by Demetria Wallace, 19, a criminal justice major at Los Angeles City College. She cooperated with police and agreed to tell her story in court. However, she was slain by a shotgun blast fired from a passing car as she sat at a bus stop on 48th Street and Vermont Avenue the morning of November 2, 1983 before she could do so. Although charges were dropped against the defendant in a Los Angeles Superior Court preliminary hearing November 7, 1983 in the murder case due to Wallace's death, Foley's killer was later convicted of shooting to death Lamont Norwood and the attempt murder of Norwood's brother Travis at a South L.A. area pizza parlor and use of a .38-caliber handgun during the crime. Foley's murderer served nearly 31 years of a 27-year-to-life sentence in a California state prison. Christon, 54, was released from prison, paroled in October, 2015. Foley received both military honors and tributes from his fellow taxi cab drivers.

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    June 26, 1928
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    Robertson County, Texas United States
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    African-American

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    United States of America

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    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii

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    Taxi cab driver
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    May 26, 1983
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    Murder by gunshot during an apparent robbery
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    Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California United States
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10/24/2016
During his Army service during World War ll, did he serve in Europe (against the Nazis) or in the Pacific (against the Japanese)? And what medals did he earn?
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10/24/2016
He was born in Texas.
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12/02/2015
Author Sheldon McCormick's novel, Big Debt (2014, Xlibris) is dedicated in memory of Kimbrough Foley.
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Foley, Lena (Feb 6, 1891 - Jun 1977) Foley, Julia (Mar 21, 1914 - Nov 19, 2010) Foley, Ralph (Feb 8, 1912 - Jul 1972) Foley, Velma (Sep 30, 1910 - Apr 1974) Foley, Kenneth (Jan 28, 1902 - Oct 1976) Foley, Joseph (Jun 4, 1907 - Apr 1975) Foley, Iola (Jun 14, 1907 - Jun 1989) Foley, Leo (Aug 21, 1909 - May 30, 1990) Foley, Marion (Mar 7, 1916 - Jun 15, 1987) Foley, John (Aug 23, 1902 - Nov 1964)
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