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Edgar C Gilliam 1920 - 1981

Edgar C Gilliam of Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia was born on July 12, 1920, and died at age 60 years old in March 1981.
Edgar C Gilliam
Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia 25801
July 12, 1920
March 1981
Male
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  • 07/12
    1920

    Birthday

    July 12, 1920
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Logan County, West Virginia United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 15067938 Enlisted: September 23, 1941 in Ft Thomas Newport Kentucky Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa Rank: Private, Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men)
  • Professional Career

    Semiskilled Miners, And Mining-machine Operators
  • 03/dd
    1981

    Death

    March 1981
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1920, in the year that Edgar C Gilliam 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 1950, by the time he was 30 years old, in February, Joe McCarthy gave a speech alleging that he had a list of "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" who worked in the State Department. He went on to chair a committee that investigated not only the State Department but also the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the Voice of America, and the U.S. Army for communist spies - until he was condemned by the U.S. Senate in 1954.
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