Wes Gilbert Mitts
Updated Jul 14, 2017
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Wes Gilbert Mitts (1905 - 1985)

Wes Gilbert Mitts was born on May 28, 1905. He died on April 19, 1985 at 79 years old. He was buried in Willamette National Cemetery Section D Site 5104, Portland, Or. We know that Wes Gilbert Mitts had been residing in Molalla, Clackamas County, Oregon.
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Burial / Funeral

Willamette National Cemetery
Section D Site 5104,
11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, Portland, Or

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Last Known Residence

Molalla, Clackamas County, Oregon

Average Age

Wes Gilbert Mitts lived 9 years longer than the average Mitts family member when he died at the age of 79.

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Branch of service: Us Navy
Rank attained: CM1
Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii

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Gilbert

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1905 - In the year that Wes Gilbert Mitts was born, the Niagara Falls conference was held in Fort Erie, Ontario. Led by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter, a group of African-American men met in opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement. Booker T. Washington had been calling for policies of accommodation and conciliation and these two men, along with the others who attended the conference, felt that this was accomplishing nothing. The group was the precursor to the NAACP.

1927 - By the time he was 22 years old, aviator and media darling Charles Lindbergh, age 25, made the first successful solo TransAtlantic flight. "Lucky Lindy" took off from Long Island in New York and flew to Paris, covering  3,600 statute miles and flying for 33 1⁄2-hours. His plane "The Spirit of St. Louis" was a fabric-covered, single-seat, single-engine "Ryan NYP" high-wing monoplane designed by both Lindbergh and the manufacturer's chief engineer.

1945 - Wes was 40 years old when on April 12th, Harry S. Truman sworn in as President of the United States at 7p in Washington, D.C. His first term lasted 3 years and 283 days - then he ran for re-election.

1970 - By the time he was 65 years old, on May 4th, four students at Kent State University in Ohio were shot and killed by National Guardsmen. The students were at a peaceful demonstration protesting the invasion of Cambodia by US forces. There had been precedent for the killing of American college students. The previous year, on May 15th, Alameda County Sheriffs used shotguns against U.C. Berkeley students at a protest for People's Park. One student died, one was blinded, 128 were injured.

1985 - In the year of Wes Gilbert Mitts's passing, on March 7th, the song "We Are the World" was released as a charity effort to alleviate the African famine. The song was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, and produced by Quincy Jones. They were joined by 37 other famous singers in the recording studio and a phenomena had begun

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Wes Gilbert Mitts died on April 19, 1985 at 79 years old. There is no known cause of death. He was buried in Willamette National Cemetery Section D Site 5104, Portland, Or. He was born on May 28, 1905. We have no information about Wes's family or relationships. We know that Wes Gilbert Mitts had been residing in Molalla, Clackamas County, Oregon.

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