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Gilbert Leroy Powell 1934 - 2001

Gilbert Leroy Powell of Las Vegas, Clark County, NV was born on January 19, 1934, and died at age 67 years old on April 21, 2001. Gilbert Powell was buried at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery Section J Site 1634 1900 Buchanan Blvd., in Boulder City.
Gilbert Leroy Powell
Las Vegas, Clark County, NV 89156
January 19, 1934
April 21, 2001
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  • 01/19
    1934

    Birthday

    January 19, 1934
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Air Force Rank attained: SSGT Wars/Conflicts: Korea, Vietnam
  • 04/21
    2001

    Death

    April 21, 2001
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    Unknown
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery Section J Site 1634 1900 Buchanan Blvd., in Boulder City, Nv 89005
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In 1934, in the year that Gilbert Leroy Powell was born, on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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In 1945, at the age of only 11 years old, Gilbert was alive when on February 19th, US Marines landed on the island of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Iwo Jima began. Lasting 5 weeks, it was some of the bloodiest and fiercest fighting in the Pacific theater during World War II. The occupying Japanese forces were heavily armed and there were 21,000 Japanese soldiers on the island at the beginning of the battle. Only 216 Japanese soldiers were captured afterwards - the rest had been killed in action or committed suicide. 6,800 American soldiers died but the Americans took control of the island.
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