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Chris K Gatewood 1921 - 2003

Chris K Gatewood of Odenton, Anne Arundel County, MD was born on December 25, 1921, and died at age 81 years old on March 22, 2003. Chris Gatewood was buried at Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery Section K-22 Row 11 Site 5 11501 Garrison Forest Rd, in Owings Mills.
Chris K Gatewood
Odenton, Anne Arundel County, MD 21113
December 25, 1921
March 22, 2003
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  • 12/25
    1921

    Birthday

    December 25, 1921
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Baltimore City County, Maryland United States
  • Early Life & Education

    1 Year Of High School
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: CPL Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii Military serial#: 13137005 Enlisted: November 24, 1942 in Baltimore Maryland Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa Rank: Private, Army Of The United States - Includes The Following: Voluntary Enlistments Effective December 8, 1941 And Thereafter; One Year Enlistments Of National Guardsman Whose State Enlistment Expires While In The Federal Service; Officers Appointed In The Army Of The United States Under Army Regulations 605-10 Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Skilled Occupations In Building Of Aircraft, N.e.c.
  • 03/22
    2003

    Death

    March 22, 2003
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery Section K-22 Row 11 Site 5 11501 Garrison Forest Rd, in Owings Mills, Md 21117
    Burial location
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In 1921, in the year that Chris K Gatewood 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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