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Hezekiah Runnell Holmes 1944 - 2011

Hezekiah Runnell Holmes of New Castle, New Castle County, DE was born on June 30, 1944, and died at age 66 years old on March 29, 2011. Hezekiah Holmes was buried at Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery Section 2I Row J Site 14 2465 Chesapeake Road, in Bear.
Hezekiah Runnell Holmes
New Castle, New Castle County, DE 19720
June 30, 1944
March 29, 2011
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  • 06/30
    1944

    Birthday

    June 30, 1944
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PVT
  • 03/29
    2011

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    March 29, 2011
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    Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery Section 2I Row J Site 14 2465 Chesapeake Road, in Bear, De 19701
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In 1944, in the year that Hezekiah Runnell Holmes was born, on June 6th, the largest amphibious invasion in history was launched - the Normandy landing (called D-Day). Soldiers from the United States, Britain, Canada, and the Free French landed on Normandy Beach and were later joined by Poland, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, and the Netherlands. Almost 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers were involved. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on D-Day - Allied casualties on the first day were at least 10,000. 4,414 were confirmed dead.
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In 1960, at the age of 16 years old, Hezekiah was alive when on May 1st, an American CIA U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over the Soviet Union. Powers ejected and survived but was captured. The U.S. claimed that the U-2 was a "weather plane" but Powers was convicted in the Soviet Union of espionage. He was released in 1962 after 1 year, 9 months and 10 days in prison.
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