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Walter Kenneth Downing 1925 - 2000

Walter Kenneth Downing of Portland, Clackamas County, OR was born on January 8, 1925, and died at age 75 years old on July 29, 2000. Walter Downing was buried at Willamette National Cemetery Section BB Site 1774 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland.
Walter Kenneth Downing
Portland, Clackamas County, OR 97267
January 8, 1925
July 29, 2000
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  • 01/8
    1925

    Birthday

    January 8, 1925
    Birthdate
    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy, Us Air Force Rank attained: SSML2, SSGT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii, Korea
  • 07/29
    2000

    Death

    July 29, 2000
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Willamette National Cemetery Section BB Site 1774 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland, Or 97086
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In 1925, in the year that Walter Kenneth Downing was born, in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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In 1935, at the age of only 10 years old, Walter was alive when the BOI's name (the Bureau of Investigation) was changed to the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and it officially became a separate agency with the Department of Justice. J. Edgar Hoover, the Chief of the BOI, continued in his office and became the first Director of the FBI. The FBI's responsibility is to "detect and prosecute crimes against the United States".
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