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Ben Harwell Smith Jr 1920 - 1996

Ben Harwell Smith Jr of Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, CA was born on December 21, 1920, and died at age 75 years old on April 5, 1996. Ben Smith was buried at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery Section C-1 Site 345 32053 West Mccabe Road, in Santa Nella.
Ben Harwell Smith Jr
Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, CA 95076
December 21, 1920
April 5, 1996
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  • 12/21
    1920

    Birthday

    December 21, 1920
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    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: CPT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii, Korea
  • 04/5
    1996

    Death

    April 5, 1996
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery Section C-1 Site 345 32053 West Mccabe Road, in Santa Nella, Ca 95322
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In 1920, in the year that Ben Harwell Smith Jr was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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In 1958, by the time he was 38 years old, on January 31st, Explorer I, the United States' answer to Sputnik I (and 2,) was launched. America had entered the Space Race. The first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen radiation belt, it remained in orbit until 1970.
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