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Karl W Matz 1917 - 1944

Karl W Matz was born on August 17, 1917, and died at age 27 years old on October 22, 1944. Karl Matz was buried at Rock Island National Cemetery Section D Site 241 Bldg 118 - Rock Island Arsenal, in Rock Island, Il. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Karl W Matz.
Karl W Matz
August 17, 1917
October 22, 1944
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  • 08/17
    1917

    Birthday

    August 17, 1917
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: S/SGT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 10/22
    1944

    Death

    October 22, 1944
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Funeral date
    Rock Island National Cemetery Section D Site 241 Bldg 118 - Rock Island Arsenal, in Rock Island, Il 61299
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In 1917, in the year that Karl W Matz was born, on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."
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In 1924, at the age of only 7 years old, Karl was alive when J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.
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