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Dargan J Coker 1924 - 1987

Dargan J Coker of Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina was born on August 30, 1924, and died at age 62 years old in February 1987.
Dargan J Coker
Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina 29154
August 30, 1924
February 1987
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Dargan J Coker's History: 1924 - 1987

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  • 08/30
    1924

    Birthday

    August 30, 1924
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Clarendon County, South Carolina United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 34845190 Enlisted: September 30, 1943 in Ft Jackson Columbia South Carolina Military branch: No Branch Assignment Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) 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

    Farm Hands, General Farms
  • 02/dd
    1987

    Death

    February 1987
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1924, in the year that Dargan J Coker 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 1943, at the age of 19 years old, Dargan was alive when 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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