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Albert L Pettit 1927 - 1994

Albert L Pettit of Des Moines, Polk County, IA was born on August 7, 1927, and died at age 67 years old on September 30, 1994.
Albert L Pettit
Des Moines, Polk County, IA 50316
August 7, 1927
September 30, 1994
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Albert L Pettit's History: 1927 - 1994

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  • 08/7
    1927

    Birthday

    August 7, 1927
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Polk County, Iowa United States
  • Early Life & Education

    1 Year Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 17184413 Enlisted: January 10, 1946 in Ft Snelling Minnesota Military branch: No Branch Assignment Rank: Private, Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Panama Canal Department
  • 09/30
    1994

    Death

    September 30, 1994
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Death location
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In 1927, in the year that Albert L Pettit was born, the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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In 1964, Albert was 37 years old when in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. Their bodies were found two months later. Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years.
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