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Richard Conrad Gitzen 1942 - 2012

Richard Conrad Gitzen was born on April 22, 1942, and died at age 70 years old on June 9, 2012. Richard Gitzen was buried at National Cemetery Of The Alleghenies Section 1 Site 1216 1158 Morgan Road, in Bridgeville, Pa. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Richard Conrad Gitzen.
Richard Conrad Gitzen
April 22, 1942
June 9, 2012
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  • 04/22
    1942

    Birthday

    April 22, 1942
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Marine Corps Rank attained: SSGT Wars/Conflicts: Vietnam
  • 06/9
    2012

    Death

    June 9, 2012
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Funeral date
    National Cemetery Of The Alleghenies Section 1 Site 1216 1158 Morgan Road, in Bridgeville, Pa 15017
    Burial location
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In 1942, in the year that Richard Conrad Gitzen was born, on June 17th, Roosevelt approved the Manhattan Project, which lead to the development of the first atomic bomb. With the support of Canada and the United Kingdom, the Project came to employ more than 130,000 people and cost nearly $2 billion. Julius Robert Oppenheimer, a nuclear physicist born in New York, led the Los Alamos Laboratory that developed the actual bomb. The first artificial nuclear explosion took place near Alamogordo New Mexico on July 16, 1945.
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In 1952, Richard was merely 10 years old when on July 2, Dr. Jonas E. Salk tested the first dead-virus polio vaccine on 43 children. The worst epidemic of polio had broken out that year - in the U.S. there were 58,000 cases reported. Of these, 3,145 people had died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling paralysis.
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