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Leon David Gentry 1943 - 2009

Leon David Gentry of Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL was born on January 1, 1943, and died at age 66 years old on May 19, 2009. Leon Gentry was buried at Bay Pines National Cemetery Section L Site 199 P.o. Box 477, in Bay Pines.
Leon David Gentry
Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL 33612
January 1, 1943
May 19, 2009
Male
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  • 01/1
    1943

    Birthday

    January 1, 1943
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PVT
  • 05/19
    2009

    Death

    May 19, 2009
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    Bay Pines National Cemetery Section L Site 199 P.o. Box 477, in Bay Pines, Fl 33744
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In 1943, in the year that Leon David Gentry was born, 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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In 1955, Leon was only 12 years old when on September 30th, movie star James Dean, 24, died in a car accident. He was headed in his new Porsche 550 to a race in Salinas California when, traveling at 85 mph, he collided with a 1950 Ford Tudor, also speeding, driven by a 23 year old college student. Dean died, his passenger and the other driver survived.
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