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Gertrude Thornton 1947 - 2011

Gertrude Thornton of Newport News, Newport News City County, VA was born on August 8, 1947, and died at age 63 years old on March 23, 2011. Gertrude Thornton was buried at Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery Section 4 Row 42 Site 8 5310 Milners Road, in Suffolk.
Gertrude Thornton
Newport News, Newport News City County, VA 23606
August 8, 1947
March 23, 2011
Female
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  • 08/8
    1947

    Birthday

    August 8, 1947
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: SSG Wars/Conflicts: Vietnam
  • 03/23
    2011

    Death

    March 23, 2011
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    Cause of death
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    Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery Section 4 Row 42 Site 8 5310 Milners Road, in Suffolk, Va 23434
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In 1947, in the year that Gertrude Thornton was born, on April 15th, Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, playing first base. He was the first black man to play in the Major Leagues. Since the 1880's, professional baseball had been segregated and blacks played in the "Negro leagues". He went on to play for 10 years.
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In 1969, she was 22 years old when on July 20th, the first men walked on the moon. Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. both walked on the moon but it was Armstrong who first stepped on the moon. They fulfilled the promise of President Kennedy's commitment in 1961 to put a man on the moon before the end of the decade.
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