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Robert J Rainwater 1921 - 1987

Robert J Rainwater of Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky was born on May 6, 1921, and died at age 65 years old in February 1987.
Robert J Rainwater
Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky 42718
May 6, 1921
February 1987
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  • 05/6
    1921

    Birthday

    May 6, 1921
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Taylor County, Kentucky United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 35105482 Enlisted: June 27, 1941 in Louisville Kentucky Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men)
  • Professional Career

    Farm Hands, General Farms
  • 02/dd
    1987

    Death

    February 1987
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Death location
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In 1921, in the year that Robert J Rainwater 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 1933, Robert was only 12 years old when the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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