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John L Nelson 1915 - 1979

John L Nelson of Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania was born on December 20, 1915, and died at age 63 years old in February 1979.
John L Nelson
Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania 16648
December 20, 1915
February 1979
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John L Nelson's History: 1915 - 1979

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  • 12/20
    1915

    Birthday

    December 20, 1915
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Avery County, North Carolina United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 34997637 Enlisted: December 1, 1945 in Nanticoke Pennsylvania Military branch: Air Corps Rank: Private First Class, Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For Hawaiian Department
  • Professional Career

    Skilled Occupations In Manufacture Of Electrical Machinery And Accessories, N.e.c.
  • 02/dd
    1979

    Death

    February 1979
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1915, in the year that John L Nelson was born, in May, the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German torpedo. The Lusitania was a British passenger ship that was sailing from New York to Liverpool England. She sank in 18 minutes - 1,198 died and 761 survived. While travelers were the main casualty - and commodity - the Lusitania did carry wartime weapons. "Remember the Lusitania" became the rallying cry of World War 1.
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In 1943, he was 28 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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