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Roland Beecher Elam Jr 1924 - 2010

Roland Beecher Elam Jr of Columbia, Richland County, SC was born on February 3, 1924, and died at age 86 years old on May 16, 2010. Roland Elam was buried at Ft. Jackson National Cemetery Section 2 Site 281 4170 Percival Rd, in Columbia.

Roland Beecher Elam Jr

Columbia, Richland County, SC 29210

February 3, 1924

May 16, 2010

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1924

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February 3, 1924

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Branch of service: Us Air Force Rank attained: LT COL Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii, Korea, Vietnam
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May 16, 2010

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Roland Beecher Elam Jr lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.

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In 1924, in the year that Roland Beecher Elam Jr was born, on January 21st, Vladimir Lenin, a leader of the Russian Revolution and the first leader of the Soviet Union died. He had survived two assassination attempts but had subsequent physical problems, suffering 3 strokes. He was in such great pain, it is said that he asked Stalin to poison him. The circumstances of his death are still disputed. He did oppose Stalin as the next leader - nonetheless, Stalin won a power struggle and ruled as a Soviet dictator until his death in 1953.

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In 1945, Roland was 21 years old when on April 12th, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia. At 1p, he was sitting for a portrait when he complained that he had a "terrific pain" in the back of his head and collapsed. A doctor was summoned and the doctor gave him a shot of adrenaline into his heart. It didn't help and he was pronounced dead at 3:30 p.m. A slow moving train took him back to Washington D.C. while thousands of mourners lined the tracks. He was buried at his home in Hyde Park, New York.

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