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Virgil A Nelson 1906 - 1977

Virgil A Nelson of Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois was born on December 9, 1906, and died at age 70 years old on April 14, 1977. Virgil Nelson was buried at Rock Island National Cemetery Section N Site 949 Bldg 118 - Rock Island Arsenal, in Rock Island.
Virgil A Nelson
Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois 60411
December 9, 1906
April 14, 1977
Male
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  • 12/9
    1906

    Birthday

    December 9, 1906
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Will County, Illinois United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PVT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii Military serial#: 36364875 Enlisted: August 18, 1942 in Chicago Illinois Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Unskilled Construction Occupations, N.e.c.
  • 04/14
    1977

    Death

    April 14, 1977
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Funeral date
    Rock Island National Cemetery Section N Site 949 Bldg 118 - Rock Island Arsenal, in Rock Island, Il 61299
    Burial location
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In 1906, in the year that Virgil A Nelson was born, President Theodore Roosevelt received the Nobel Prize for Peace. The award was considered controversial at the time because many thought that he was an imperialist. But he had brokered peace between Russia and Japan a year previous and had allowed a dispute between Mexico and the U.S. to go to arbitration, resolving the issue peacefully rather than resorting to military conflict. For these two reasons, the Nobel Prize committee chose him for the Peace Prize.
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In 1932, when he was 26 years old, 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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