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Benjamin Merrell 1960 - 1979

Benjamin Merrell of Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky was born on July 11, 1960, and died at age 19 years old in December 1979.
Benjamin Merrell
Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky 42345
July 11, 1960
December 1979
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    1960

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    July 11, 1960
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  • 12/dd
    1979

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    December 1979
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    Benjamin Merrell lived 54 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 19.
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In 1960, in the year that Benjamin Merrell was born, on May 1st, an American CIA U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over the Soviet Union. Powers ejected and survived but was captured. The U.S. claimed that the U-2 was a "weather plane" but Powers was convicted in the Soviet Union of espionage. He was released in 1962 after 1 year, 9 months and 10 days in prison.
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In 1971, at the age of only 11 years old, Benjamin was alive when on May 3rd, 10,000 federal troops, 5,100 officers of the D.C. Metropolitan Police, 2,000 members of the D.C. National Guard, and federal agents assembled in Washington DC to prevent an estimated 10,000 Vietnam War protesters from marching. President Nixon (who was in California) refused to give federal employees the day off and they had to navigate the police and protesters, adding to the confusion. By the end of a few days of protest, 12,614 people had been arrested - making it the largest mass arrest in US history.
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