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Erwin Harold Gortz 1926 - 2007

Erwin Harold Gortz of Grayslake, Lake County, IL was born on October 12, 1926, and died at age 80 years old on February 5, 2007. Erwin Gortz was buried at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Section C4-88 Row C Site 7 20953 West Hoff Road, in Elwood.
Erwin Harold Gortz
Grayslake, Lake County, IL 60030
October 12, 1926
February 5, 2007
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  • 10/12
    1926

    Birthday

    October 12, 1926
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: S1 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 02/5
    2007

    Death

    February 5, 2007
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Section C4-88 Row C Site 7 20953 West Hoff Road, in Elwood, Il 60421
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In 1926, in the year that Erwin Harold Gortz was born, on November 15th, NBC was founded. It was the U.S.'s first major broadcast network. Ownership of the network was split between RCA (a majority partner at 50%), its founding corporate parent General Electric (which owned 30%), and Westinghouse (which owned the remaining 20%).
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In 1934, at the age of merely 8 years old, Erwin was alive when on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.
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