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Russell Bruce Burkle 1921 - 2008

Russell Bruce Burkle of Deming, Luna County, NM was born on October 16, 1921, and died at age 86 years old on April 24, 2008. Russell Burkle was buried at Ft. Bayard National Cemetery Section F Row Q Site 52 200 Camino De Paz, in Fort Bayard.
Russell Bruce Burkle
Deming, Luna County, NM 88030
October 16, 1921
April 24, 2008
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Russell Bruce Burkle's History: 1921 - 2008

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  • 10/16
    1921

    Birthday

    October 16, 1921
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Air Force Rank attained: SSGT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii, Korea
  • 04/24
    2008

    Death

    April 24, 2008
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Ft. Bayard National Cemetery Section F Row Q Site 52 200 Camino De Paz, in Fort Bayard, Nm 88036
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In 1921, in the year that Russell Bruce Burkle 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, by the time he was 22 years old, 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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