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James S Gavin 1924 - 2005

James S Gavin of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH was born on August 31, 1924, and died at age 81 years old on November 18, 2005.
James S Gavin
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH 44108
August 31, 1924
November 18, 2005
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  • 08/31
    1924

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    August 31, 1924
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  • 11/18
    2005

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    November 18, 2005
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    James S Gavin lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1924, in the year that James S Gavin was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1944, at the age of 20 years old, James was alive when on December 16th, The Battle of the Bulge began in the Ardennes forest on the Western Front. Lasting for a little over a month, the battle began with a surprise attack by Germany on the Allied forces The U.S. suffered their highest casualties of any operation in World War II - 89,000 were casualties, around 8,600 killed - but Germany also severely depleted their resources and they couldn't be replaced.
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