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Walter C Speed 1941 - 2003

Walter C Speed of Collins, Covington County, MS was born on May 15, 1941, and died at age 61 years old on April 15, 2003.
Walter C Speed
Collins, Covington County, MS 39428
May 15, 1941
April 15, 2003
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Walter C Speed's History: 1941 - 2003

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  • 05/15
    1941

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    May 15, 1941
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  • 04/15
    2003

    Death

    April 15, 2003
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    Walter C Speed lived 10 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 61.
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In 1941, in the year that Walter C Speed was born, on December 7th, the Japanese attacked the military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The surprise aerial attack damaged 8 U.S. battleships (6 later returned to service), including the USS Arizona, and destroyed 188 aircraft. 2,402 American citizens died and 1,178 wounded were wounded. On December 8th, the U.S. declared war on Japan and on December 11th, Germany and Italy (allies of Japan) declared war on the United States. World War II was in full swing.
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In 1964, Walter was 23 years old when in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. Their bodies were found two months later. Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years.
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