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Adela Witherow 1922 - 1980

Adela Witherow of Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI was born on August 10, 1922, and died at age 57 years old on March 30, 1980. Adela Witherow was buried at National Memorial Cemetery Of The Pacific Section K Site 382-A 2177 Puowaina Drive, in Honolulu.
Adela Witherow
Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI 96815
August 10, 1922
March 30, 1980
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  • 08/10
    1922

    Birthday

    August 10, 1922
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: Y1 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 03/30
    1980

    Death

    March 30, 1980
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    National Memorial Cemetery Of The Pacific Section K Site 382-A 2177 Puowaina Drive, in Honolulu, Hi 96813
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In 1922, in the year that Adela Witherow was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1943, Adela was 21 years old when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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