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Joseph Benjamin Swift Bird Sr 1921 - 2007

Joseph Benjamin Swift Bird Sr of Pine Ridge, Shannon County, SD was born on January 16, 1921, and died at age 86 years old on November 15, 2007. Joseph Swift Bird was buried at Black Hills National Cemetery Section O Site 79 20901 Pleasant Valley Drive, in Sturgis.
Joseph Benjamin Swift Bird Sr
Pine Ridge, Shannon County, SD 57770
January 16, 1921
November 15, 2007
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Joseph Benjamin Swift Bird Sr's History: 1921 - 2007

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  • 01/16
    1921

    Birthday

    January 16, 1921
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 11/15
    2007

    Death

    November 15, 2007
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Black Hills National Cemetery Section O Site 79 20901 Pleasant Valley Drive, in Sturgis, Sd 57785
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In 1921, in the year that Joseph Benjamin Swift Bird Sr was born, on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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In 1934, at the age of just 13 years old, Joseph was alive when on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.
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