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Wallace L Atkinson Jr
(1916 - 1977)
updated February 06, 2019
Wallace L Atkinson Jr was born on March 7, 1916. He died on February 27, 1977 at age 60. We know that Wallace L Atkinson Jr had been residing in Seattle, King County, Washington 98102.
Wallace L Atkinson Biography
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Most Commonly Known Name
Wallace L Atkinson Jr
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First nameWallace
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Male
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Death
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Cause of death
There is no cause of death listed for Wallace.
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Burial / Funeral
Willamette National Cemetery
Section T Site 5, 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland, Oregon 97086
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Unknown.
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Unknown.
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Religion
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Last Known Residence
Seattle, King County, Washington 98102
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Branch of service: Us Navy
Rank attained: CAPT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii |
Average Age
Wallace L Atkinson Jr lived
9 years shorter than
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when he died at the age of 60.
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Wallace Atkinson Obituary
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Wallace L Atkinson Jr passed away on February 27, 1977 at 60 years of age. He was buried in Willamette National Cemetery Section T Site 5, Portland, Oregon. He was born on March 7, 1916. We have no information about Wallace's family. We know that Wallace L Atkinson Jr had been residing in Seattle, King County, Washington 98102.
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Social Security Death Index and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Other Records of Wallace L Atkinson Jr
1916 - 1977 World Events
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In 1916, in the year that Wallace L Atkinson Jr was born, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
In 1942, at the age of 26 years old, Wallace was alive when on February 19th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This authorized the Secretary of War to "prescribe certain areas as military zones." On March 21st, he signed Public Law 503 which was approved after an hour discussion in the Senate and 30 minutes in the House. The Law provided for enforcement of his Executive Order. This cleared the way for approximately 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry to be evicted from the West Coast and to be held in concentration camps and other confinement sites across the country. In Hawaii, a few thousand were detained. German and Italian Americans in the U.S. were also confined.
In 1950, when he was 34 years old, in February, Joe McCarthy gave a speech alleging that he had a list of "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" who worked in the State Department. He went on to chair a committee that investigated not only the State Department but also the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the Voice of America, and the U.S. Army for communist spies - until he was condemned by the U.S. Senate in 1954.
In 1967, at the age of 51 years old, Wallace was alive when between June 5th and 10th, Israeli and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria fought what came to be called the "Six-Day War". The hostilities began when Israel launched "preemptive" strikes against Egypt, destroying nearly its entire air force. It ended with Israel occupying the Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights, Gaza Strip and West Bank.
In 1977, in the year of Wallace L Atkinson Jr's passing, on January 20th, Jimmy Carter became the 39th President of the United States. Running against incumbent Gerald Ford, he won 50.1% of the popular vote to Ford's 48.0%. He was elected to only one term.
Other Biographies
Other Wallace Atkinsons
around 1898 - Jul 20, 1917
around 1922 - Unknown
around 1923 - Unknown
around 1925 - Unknown
around 1939 - Unknown
Other Atkinsons
Apr 29, 1945 - January 1987
Sep 8, 1945 - Jun 6, 2005
Nov 4, 1965 - Oct 1, 1999
Jul 26, 1901 - October 1967
Mar 18, 1910 - Dec 16, 1989
May 6, 1900 - July 1975
Nov 17, 1913 - April 1980
Mar 2, 1915 - Jan 13, 2001
Feb 14, 1903 - February 1968
Jun 3, 1914 - December 1978
Jun 20, 1919 - Oct 28, 2005
Sep 10, 1918 - Apr 11, 2003
Sep 29, 1912 - February 1991
May 31, 1922 - Apr 7, 1996
Nov 1, 1916 - Oct 24, 2003
Nov 21, 1895 - July 1969
Jul 28, 1919 - September 1994
May 9, 1904 - October 1985
Jan 24, 1907 - April 1975
Dec 26, 1898 - March 1975
Other Bios
Oct 14, 1914 - Apr 27, 2004
Nov 9, 1908 - Aug 17, 1972
Aug 18, 1911 - May 1984
Sep 10, 1929 - Feb 22, 1987
Jul 30, 1931 - January 1973
Feb 28, 1908 - March 1987
Mar 31, 1927 - Feb 10, 2003
Feb 26, 1908 - May 1981
Dec 16, 1938 - Aug 3, 2006
May 4, 1929 - March 1980
Jun 29, 1919 - Oct 4, 1997
Dec 18, 1914 - Feb 28, 1997
Jun 18, 1912 - May 23, 2000
Jun 26, 1919 - Dec 17, 1963
Jun 17, 1916 - Aug 4, 1998
Oct 6, 1907 - February 1971
Aug 12, 1936 - Dec 31, 2010
Jan 8, 1934 - Dec 24, 2002
Aug 5, 1905 - August 1979
Apr 21, 1936 - Jan 15, 2002
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