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Virgilio Oquendo 1924 - 1973

Virgilio Oquendo was born on October 27, 1924, and died at age 48 years old on April 28, 1973. Virgilio Oquendo was buried at Puerto Rico National Cemetery Section G Site 1178 #50 Avenida Cementerio Nacional, in Bayamon, Pr. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Virgilio Oquendo.
Virgilio Oquendo
October 27, 1924
April 28, 1973
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  • 10/27
    1924

    Birthday

    October 27, 1924
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: S1C Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 04/28
    1973

    Death

    April 28, 1973
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Puerto Rico National Cemetery Section G Site 1178 #50 Avenida Cementerio Nacional, in Bayamon, Pr 00961
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In 1924, in the year that Virgilio Oquendo was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1943, when he was 19 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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