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Leon A Dougherty 1911 - 1978

Leon A Dougherty of Carson, Los Angeles County, California was born on February 19, 1911, and died at age 66 years old in January 1978.

Leon A Dougherty

Carson, Los Angeles County, California 90745

February 19, 1911

January 1978

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1911

Birthday

February 19, 1911

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Ethnicity & Family History

White, Citizen
Nationality & Locations

Los Angeles County, California United States
Early Life & Education

1 Year Of College
Military Service

Military serial#: 39291990 Enlisted: April 1, 1943 in Los Angeles California Military branch: No Branch Assignment Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
Professional Career

Financial Institution Clerks, Nec
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1978

Death

January 1978

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Unknown
Cause of death

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Leon A Dougherty lived 7 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 66.

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In 1911, in the year that Leon A Dougherty was born, the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.

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In 1942, Leon was 31 years old when 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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