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Walter Shirer 1915 - 1979

Walter Shirer of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on August 12, 1915, and died at age 63 years old in February 1979.

Walter Shirer
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Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA 19146
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August 12, 1915
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February 1979
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  • 08/12
    1915

    Birthday

    August 12, 1915
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen

  • Nationality & Locations

    Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania United States

  • Early Life & Education

    1 Year Of High School

  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 33981838 Enlisted: December 14, 1945 in Deming Aaf New Mexico Military branch: No Branch Assignment Rank: Private, Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: One Year Enlistment
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    February 1979
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In 1915, in the year that Walter Shirer was born, the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.
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In 1929, when he was merely 14 years old, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre happened on February 14th. In Chicago, seven men from the North Side Irish gang were gunned down by Al Capone's South Side Italian gang at the garage at 2122 North Clark Street. Al Capone was making a successful move to take over Chicago's organized crime. But the St. Valentine's Day massacre also resulted in a public outcry against all gangsters.
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Shirer, Cecelia (Feb 12, 1941 - Jul 8, 1999) Shirer, Samuel (Jul 5, 1903 - Feb 1973) Shirer, Joseph (Jul 13, 1906 - Dec 1981) Shirer, Sabrina (Mar 13, 1967 - May 1, 2009) Shirer, London (Apr 15, 1897 - Mar 15, 1969) Shirer, Mildred (Jan 2, 1914 - May 22, 2010) Shirer, Martha (Dec 21, 1901 - Mar 1973) Shirer, Claudette (May 23, 1935 - Jul 1984) Shirer, Willa (Nov 5, 1922 - Feb 25, 1999) Shirer, William (Jun 22, 1895 - Jun 1978)
Shirer, George (Dec 13, 1908 - Oct 1961) Shirer, Harvestine (May 20, 1929 - Feb 9, 2009) Shirer, William (Feb 23, 1904 - Dec 1993) Shirer, William (Nov 18, 1937 - Aug 18, 1990) Shirer, Govan (Oct 24, 1932 - Feb 1987) Shirer, Theresa (Aug 30, 1910 - Jan 25, 2008) Shirer, Marie (Aug 9, 1934 - Feb 18, 2004) Shirer, Wilbert (Oct 23, 1903 - Oct 1972) Shirer, Govan (Sep 14, 1903 - Aug 1965) Shirer, Mary (Sep 12, 1919 - Jan 25, 2010)
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