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Walter Desley Chance c. 1921 - 2001

Walter Desley Chance was born circa September 18, 1921 in HILTONIA, GA to Georgia Anna (Godbee) Chance and JAMES WALKER CHANCE, and had a sister Emma Jo (Chance) Purvis. He was in a relationship with Cecile Teresa Manseau, and had children Janice Mary-Kathryn (Chance) Davis, Walter Desley Chance, Jr, Susan Mary-Rhea Chance, Theodore Paul Chance, and Kathleen Mary-Ann Chance. Walter Chance died at age 79 years old on July 1, 2001 at ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY in Wilton Manors, Broward County, Florida United States.
Walter Desley Chance
circa September 18, 1921
HILTONIA, GA
July 1, 2001
ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY in Wilton Manors, Broward County, Florida, United States
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  • 09/18
    1921
    circa

    Birthday

    circa September 18, 1921
    Birthdate
    HILTONIA, GA
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
  • 07/1
    2001

    Death

    July 1, 2001
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY in Wilton Manors, Broward County, Florida United States
    Death location
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    Walter Desley Chance lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1921, in the year that Walter Desley Chance was born, on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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In 1943, by the time he was 22 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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