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John W Colfer 1942 - 2002

John W Colfer was born on September 19, 1942, and died at age 60 years old on December 24, 2002. John Colfer was buried at Rock Island National Cemetery Section CA2 Site 138 Bldg 118 - Rock Island Arsenal, in Rock Island, Il. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John W Colfer.

John W Colfer

September 19, 1942

December 24, 2002

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09/19

1942

Birthday

September 19, 1942

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Military Service

Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: SFC Wars/Conflicts: Vietnam
12/24

2002

Death

December 24, 2002

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Rock Island National Cemetery Section CA2 Site 138 Bldg 118 - Rock Island Arsenal, in Rock Island, Il 61299
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John W Colfer lived 13 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 60.

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In 1942, in the year that John W Colfer was born, on February 19th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This authorized the Secretary of War to "prescribe certain areas as military zones." On March 21st, he signed Public Law 503 which was approved after an hour discussion in the Senate and 30 minutes in the House. The Law provided for enforcement of his Executive Order. This cleared the way for approximately 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry to be evicted from the West Coast and to be held in concentration camps and other confinement sites across the country. In Hawaii, a few thousand were detained. German and Italian Americans in the U.S. were also confined.

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In 1968, he was 26 years old when on April 4th, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights leader, was shot and killed by an assassin in Memphis. James Earl Ray was apprehended and plead guilty to shooting Dr. King. Ray died in jail in 1998.

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