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James Edward Thornton Sr 1945 - 2006

James Edward Thornton Sr was born on June 12, 1945, and died at age 61 years old on July 11, 2006. James Thornton was buried at Great Lakes National Cemetery Section 5 Site 567 4200 Belford Road, in Holly, Mi. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Edward Thornton Sr.
James Edward Thornton Sr
June 12, 1945
July 11, 2006
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  • 06/12
    1945

    Birthday

    June 12, 1945
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: SGT Wars/Conflicts: Vietnam
  • 07/11
    2006

    Death

    July 11, 2006
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Great Lakes National Cemetery Section 5 Site 567 4200 Belford Road, in Holly, Mi 48442
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In 1945, in the year that James Edward Thornton Sr was born, on April 12th, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia. At 1p, he was sitting for a portrait when he complained that he had a "terrific pain" in the back of his head and collapsed. A doctor was summoned and the doctor gave him a shot of adrenaline into his heart. It didn't help and he was pronounced dead at 3:30 p.m. A slow moving train took him back to Washington D.C. while thousands of mourners lined the tracks. He was buried at his home in Hyde Park, New York.
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In 1956, when he was only 11 years old, on May 20th, the U.S. tested the first hydrogen bomb dropped from a plane over Bikini Atoll. Previously, hydrogen bombs had only been tested on the ground. The Atomic Age moved forward.
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