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Leighton Vis Van Heemst 1927 - 2009

Leighton Vis Van Heem of Dawson, Dallas County, IA was born on October 23, 1927, and died at age 81 years old on April 2, 2009. Leighton Vis Van Heem was buried at Iowa Veterans Cemetery At Van Meter Section WALL1 Row C Site 15 34024 Veterans Memorial Drive, in Adel.
Leighton Vis Van Heem
Dawson, Dallas County, IA 50066
October 23, 1927
April 2, 2009
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  • 10/23
    1927

    Birthday

    October 23, 1927
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: CPL Wars/Conflicts: Korea
  • 04/2
    2009

    Death

    April 2, 2009
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Iowa Veterans Cemetery At Van Meter Section WALL1 Row C Site 15 34024 Veterans Memorial Drive, in Adel, Ia 50003
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In 1927, in the year that Leighton Vis Van Heemst was born, in September, the Columbia Broadcasting System (later called CBS) became the second national radio network in the U.S. The first broadcast was a presentation by the Howard Barlow Orchestra from radio station WOR in Newark, New Jersey.
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In 1952, at the age of 25 years old, Leighton was alive when on July 2, Dr. Jonas E. Salk tested the first dead-virus polio vaccine on 43 children. The worst epidemic of polio had broken out that year - in the U.S. there were 58,000 cases reported. Of these, 3,145 people had died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling paralysis.
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