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Alvin La Marche (1929 - 2012)
Alvin La Marche was born on May 17, 1929. He died on January 23, 2012 at 82 years old.
Alvin La Marche Biography
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Alvin La Marche
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First nameAlvin
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National Memorial Cemetery Of Arizona
Section D10 Row C Site 53, 23029 North Cave Creek Road, in Phoenix, Arizona 85024
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Branch of service: Us Army
Rank attained: CPL Wars/Conflicts: Korea |
Average Age
Alvin La Marche lived
15 years longer than
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when he died at the age of 82.
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Alvin La Marche died on January 23, 2012 at 82 years old. He was buried in National Memorial Cemetery Of Arizona Section D10 Row C Site 53, Phoenix, Arizona. He was born on May 17, 1929. We are unaware of information about Alvin's surviving family.
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1929 - 2012 World Events
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In 1929, in the year that Alvin La Marche was born, on October 29th (Black Tuesday), the stock market crashed in the United States. Billions of dollars were lost and some investors committed suicide as a result, having lost their fortunes. This ushered in the 12 year, worldwide Great Depression.
In 1944, when he was only 15 years old, on June 22nd, the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, called the G.I. Bill, was signed into law, pushed through by the veteran's organizations. Benefits provided for veterans to return to school (high school, vocational school, or college), obtain low interest home mortgages and low interest business loans, and (if needed) one year of unemployment insurance. Since most returning vets immediately found work, less than 20% of the unemployment benefits were distributed.
In 1966, he was 37 years old when on July 1st, Medicare became available after President Johnson signed into law the Medicare Act in 1965. President Truman had received the first Medicare card since he had been the first to propose national healthcare law. insurance.
In 1987, when he was 58 years old, was the first time that a criminal in the United States - a serial rapist - was convicted through the use of DNA evidence.
In 1996, Alvin was 67 years old when on July 5th, the first cloned mammal - "Dolly the Sheep" - was born in Scotland. She had three mothers. Dolly lived to be 6 years old and produced 6 lambs. Since, other sheep have been cloned as well as horses, pigs, deer, and bulls.
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