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Marcella Lorraine Nelson 1926 - 2003

Marcella Lorraine Nelson of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN was born on July 31, 1926, and died at age 77 years old on September 2, 2003. Marcella Nelson was buried at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery Section 25 Site 1987 7601 34th Avenue, South, in Minneapolis.
Marcella Lorraine Nelson
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN 55429
July 31, 1926
September 2, 2003
Female
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  • 07/31
    1926

    Birthday

    July 31, 1926
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: T SGT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 09/2
    2003

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    September 2, 2003
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    Ft. Snelling National Cemetery Section 25 Site 1987 7601 34th Avenue, South, in Minneapolis, Mn 55450
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In 1926, in the year that Marcella Lorraine Nelson was born, on October 31st, Harry Houdini died in Michigan. Houdini was the most famed magician of his time and perhaps of all time, especially for his acts involving escapes - from handcuffs, straitjackets, chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, and more. He was president of the Society of American Magicians and stringently upheld professional ethics. He died of complications from a ruptured appendix. Although he had received a blow to the area a couple of days previously, the connection between the blow and his appendicitis is disputed.
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In 1943, Marcella was 17 years old when 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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