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Charles William Rigby 1924 - 2008

Charles William Rigby of Palos Heights, Cook County, IL was born on June 7, 1924, and died at age 84 years old on August 11, 2008. Charles Rigby was buried at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Section 3 Site 78 20953 West Hoff Road, in Elwood.
Charles William Rigby
Palos Heights, Cook County, IL 60463
June 7, 1924
August 11, 2008
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  • 06/7
    1924

    Birthday

    June 7, 1924
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Air Force Rank attained: A3C Wars/Conflicts: Korea
  • 08/11
    2008

    Death

    August 11, 2008
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    Unknown
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    Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Section 3 Site 78 20953 West Hoff Road, in Elwood, Il 60421
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In 1924, in the year that Charles William Rigby was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1956, Charles was 32 years old when on May 20th, the U.S. tested the first hydrogen bomb dropped from a plane over Bikini Atoll. Previously, hydrogen bombs had only been tested on the ground. The Atomic Age moved forward.
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