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Alton Ballard 1921 - 1981

Alton Ballard of Ethel, Attala County, Mississippi was born on September 26, 1921, and died at age 60 years old in November 1981.
Alton Ballard
Ethel, Attala County, Mississippi 39067
September 26, 1921
November 1981
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Alton Ballard's History: 1921 - 1981

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  • 09/26
    1921

    Birthday

    September 26, 1921
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  • 11/dd
    1981

    Death

    November 1981
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    Alton Ballard lived 12 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 60.
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In 1921, in the year that Alton Ballard was born, on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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In 1943, when he was 22 years old, 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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