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Joseph L Lidgett Jr 1921 - 2001

Joseph Lester Lidgett Jr of Eureka Springs, Carroll County, AR was born on November 19, 1921 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa United States, and died at age 79 years old on March 3, 2001 in AR.
Joseph Lester Lidgett Jr
Eureka Springs, Carroll County, AR 72631
November 19, 1921
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
March 3, 2001
Arkansas, United States
Male
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Joseph Lester Lidgett Jr's History: 1921 - 2001

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  • Introduction

    Joseph Lester Lidgett Jr. was born to Joseph L. Lidgett and Helen H. Buchholz in Council Bluffs Iowa. A World War 2 Veteran, Joseph enlisted in the United States Army on February 10th 1941 and was discharged on October 10th 1945.
  • 11/19
    1921

    Birthday

    November 19, 1921
    Birthdate
    Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa United States
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Joseph was born in Council Bluffs Iowa, lived in Pottawattamie Iowa when he enlisted in the military in 1941, and lived in Eureka Springs Carroll County Arkansas in his later years.
  • Early Life & Education

    Joseph had 4 years of high school education when he enlisted in 1941.
  • Military Service

    Joseph served in the United States Army during World War 2 from February 10th 1941 until October 10th 1945. Military serial#: 20704296 Enlisted: February 10, 1941 in Council Bluffs Iowa Military branch: Infantry Rank: Private First Class, National Guard (officers, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men)
  • Professional Career

    When Joseph enlisted in 1941, the military categorized his skillset as an 'actor'.
  • 03/3
    2001

    Death

    March 3, 2001
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Arkansas United States
    Death location
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In 1921, in the year that Joseph L Lidgett Jr was born, in May, the Emergency Quota Act - or Emergency Immigration Act - was passed. The law restricted the number of immigrants to 357,000 per year. It also established an immigration quota in which only 3 per cent of the total population of any ethnic group already in the USA in 1910, could be admitted to America after 1921. Although the Act was supposed to be temporary, it stayed in effect until 1965.
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In 1943, Joseph was 22 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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