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Louis L Wackerla 1924 - 2003

Louis L Wackerla of Custer County, Nebraska United States was born on July 4, 1924 to Emmett Edward Wackerla and Frances Grayek. He had siblings George Edward Wackerla, Thomas F Wackerla, William E Wackerla, and Franklin Joseph Wackerla. He married Dorothy Landreth, and died at age 78 years old on February 2, 2003. Louis Wackerla was buried in 2003 at Ft. Mcpherson National Cemetery Section P Site 218 S Spur 56a, in Maxwell.
Louis L Wackerla
Custer County, Nebraska United States
July 4, 1924
Nebraska, United States
February 2, 2003
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  • Introduction

    Buried in Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

  • 07/4
    1924

    Birthday

    July 4, 1924
    Birthdate
    Nebraska United States
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 37750997 Enlisted: August 26, 1944 in Ft Leavenworth Kansas 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

    Farm Hands, General Farms
  • 02/2
    2003

    Death

    February 2, 2003
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • 2003

    Gravesite & Burial

    2003
    Funeral date
    Ft. Mcpherson National Cemetery Section P Site 218 S Spur 56a, in Maxwell, Ne 69151
    Burial location
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In 1924, in the year that Louis L Wackerla was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1945, Louis was 21 years old when on April 12th, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia. At 1p, he was sitting for a portrait when he complained that he had a "terrific pain" in the back of his head and collapsed. A doctor was summoned and the doctor gave him a shot of adrenaline into his heart. It didn't help and he was pronounced dead at 3:30 p.m. A slow moving train took him back to Washington D.C. while thousands of mourners lined the tracks. He was buried at his home in Hyde Park, New York.
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