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Jesse Gilbert 1928 - 2011

Jesse Gilbert of Chicago Heights, Cook County, IL was born on April 30, 1928, and died at age 82 years old on February 27, 2011. Jesse Gilbert was buried at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Section 5 Site 1041 20953 West Hoff Road, in Elwood.
Jesse Gilbert
Chicago Heights, Cook County, IL 60411
April 30, 1928
February 27, 2011
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  • 04/30
    1928

    Birthday

    April 30, 1928
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: ET2 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 02/27
    2011

    Death

    February 27, 2011
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    Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Section 5 Site 1041 20953 West Hoff Road, in Elwood, Il 60421
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In 1928, in the year that Jesse Gilbert was born, aviatrix Amelia Earhart, age 31, became the first woman to fly solo across North America and back in August. In June, she had been part of a 3 man crew that flew the Atlantic Ocean but since she had no instrument training, she couldn't fly the plane - she kept the flight log. The North American flight became one of her many "firsts" as a female pilot.
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In 1943, Jesse was merely 15 years old 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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