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Ray Houston 1920 - 1992

Ray Houston of Memphis, Shelby County, TN was born on September 28, 1920, and died at age 72 years old on October 24, 1992. Ray Houston was buried at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery Section I Site 6042 4000 Forest Hill-irene Rd, in Memphis.
Ray Houston
Memphis, Shelby County, TN 38118
September 28, 1920
October 24, 1992
Male
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Ray Houston's History: 1920 - 1992

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  • 09/28
    1920

    Birthday

    September 28, 1920
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Shelby County, Tennessee United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: TEC-5 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii Military serial#: 34903139 Enlisted: October 30, 1945 in Whitefish Montana Military branch: Quartermaster Corps Rank: Corporal, Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For Hawaiian Department
  • Professional Career

    Barn Bosses
  • 10/24
    1992

    Death

    October 24, 1992
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Funeral date
    West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery Section I Site 6042 4000 Forest Hill-irene Rd, in Memphis, Tn 38125
    Burial location
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In 1920, in the year that Ray Houston was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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In 1936, he was 16 years old when on November 3rd, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was reelected to a second term. He ran against Republican Governor Alf Landon (Kansas), defeating Landon in the popular vote by 60.8% to 36.5%. Vermont and Maine were the only two states in which Landon won. John Nance Garner IV became the Vice-President in this election.
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