Joe Zak
Updated Feb 06, 2019
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Joe Zak (1922 - 2002)

Joe Zak was born on March 1, 1922. He died on November 5, 2002 at age 80. He was buried in Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery Section PP Row 11 Site 45, Nashville, Tn.

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Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii.
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Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery
Section PP Row 11 Site 45,
7931 Mccrory Lane, Nashville, Tn

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Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee

Average Age

Joe Zak lived 7 years longer than the average Zak family member when he died at the age of 80.

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Branch of service: Us Army
Rank attained: PFC
Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii

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1922 - In the year that Joe Zak was born, on December 6th, the Irish Free State, a self-governing dominion of the British Empire, was officially proclaimed. While establishing some independence for the people of Ireland, it did not create a fully independent Ireland and the fighting continued.

1923 - At the age of merely 1 year old, Joe was alive when Harlem's Cotton Club opened in New York City. Owned by a bootlegger and gangster, it was a 700 seat speakeasy that catered to a "white only" clientele. But most of the entertainers were African-American and featured some of the best entertainers of the time such as Lena Horne, the Nicholas Brothers, Ethel Waters, and Cab Calloway.

1967 - At the age of 45 years old, Joe was alive when between June 5th and 10th, Israeli and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria fought what came to be called the "Six-Day War". The hostilities began when Israel launched "preemptive" strikes against Egypt, destroying nearly its entire air force. It ended with Israel occupying the Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights, Gaza Strip and West Bank.

1972 - By the time he was 50 years old, on November 7th, Richard Nixon won re-election, amidst the dawning knowledge of the Watergate scandal, by 60.7% to anti-war candidate George McGovern's 37.5%.

1976 - By the time he was 54 years old, on August 4th, a mysterious illness struck an American Legion convention in Philadelphia. Within a week, 25 people had died and 130 people had been hospitalized. It was the first known instance of what came to be called "Legionnaires Disease."

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Joe Zak died on November 5, 2002 at 80 years old. There is no listed cause of death. He was buried in Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery Section PP Row 11 Site 45, Nashville, Tn. He was born on March 1, 1922. We have no information about Joe's surviving family.

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Source(s): Social Security Death Index and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

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