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Sam Gilleylen 1932 - 2011

Sam Gilleylen of Memphis, Shelby County, TN was born on March 8, 1932, and died at age 79 years old on May 4, 2011. Sam Gilleylen was buried at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery Section II Site 19272 4000 Forest Hill-irene Rd, in Memphis.

Sam Gilleylen
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Memphis, Shelby County, TN 38116
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    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC Wars/Conflicts: Korea, Vietnam
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In 1932, in the year that Sam Gilleylen was born, five years to the day after Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart flew solo from Newfoundland to Ireland, the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo and the first to replicate Lindbergh's feat. She flew over 2,000 miles in just under 15 hours.
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In 1943, at the age of only 11 years old, Sam 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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Gilleylen, Lelia (Jun 5, 1919 - Nov 17, 2003) Gilleylen, Otha Mae (May 4, 1924 - Dec 13, 1999) Gilleylen, Frank (Feb 13, 1926 - May 25, 1993) Gilleylen, Armendia (May 10, 1898 - Apr 1975) Gilleylen, Mattie (Jun 21, 1933 - Oct 23, 2007) Gilleylen, Isabelle (Oct 9, 1946 - Mar 13, 2003) Gilleylen, Lucille (Jul 20, 1920 - Jan 31, 2005) Gilleylen, James (Aug 27, 1950 - Sep 30, 1994) Gilleylen, Margaret (May 24, 1921 - Nov 27, 1994) Gilleylen, Larry (Dec 24, 1951 - Feb 1983)
Gilleylen, Davis (Oct 2, 1919 - Oct 1978) Gilleylen, Mary (Dec 30, 1937 - May 10, 1999) Gilleylen, Tessie (Oct 2, 1902 - Feb 14, 1994) Gilleylen, James (Jan 24, 1896 - Jan 1975) Gilleylen, Leroy (Oct 15, 1926 - Jan 24, 2002) Gilleylen, Rachel (Sep 26, 1897 - Mar 1975) Gilleylen, Simone (Oct 6, 1961 - Dec 10, 2001) Gilleylen, Clarzell (Sep 11, 1936 - Jan 7, 2005) Gilleylen, Adolphus (Apr 9, 1895 - Aug 1978) Gilleylen, Glen (Sep 22, 1923 - Sep 29, 1981)
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