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James Douglas Parr 1922 - 2006

James Douglas Parr of Newberg, Yamhill County, OR was born on September 14, 1922, and died at age 84 years old on September 24, 2006. James Parr was buried at Willamette National Cemetery Section 2 Site 957 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland.
James Douglas Parr
Newberg, Yamhill County, OR 97132
September 14, 1922
September 24, 2006
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  • 09/14
    1922

    Birthday

    September 14, 1922
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Air Forces Rank attained: SSGT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 09/24
    2006

    Death

    September 24, 2006
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    Willamette National Cemetery Section 2 Site 957 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland, Or 97086
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In 1922, in the year that James Douglas Parr was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1943, at the age of 21 years old, James was alive when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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