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Raymond Edwin Chard 1921 - 2011

Raymond Edwin Chard of Custer, Custer County, SD was born on July 24, 1921, and died at age 89 years old on May 11, 2011. Raymond Chard was buried at Black Hills National Cemetery Section H Site 157 20901 Pleasant Valley Drive, in Sturgis.
Raymond Edwin Chard
Custer, Custer County, SD 57730
July 24, 1921
May 11, 2011
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  • 07/24
    1921

    Birthday

    July 24, 1921
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: 1LT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 05/11
    2011

    Death

    May 11, 2011
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Black Hills National Cemetery Section H Site 157 20901 Pleasant Valley Drive, in Sturgis, Sd 57785
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In 1921, in the year that Raymond Edwin Chard was born, on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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In 1943, at the age of 22 years old, Raymond was alive 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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