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Wilbert C DePew 1928 - 2001

Wilbert C Depew of Sylvania, Lucas County, OH was born on October 3, 1928, and died at age 73 years old on November 1, 2001.
Wilbert C Depew
Sylvania, Lucas County, OH 43560
October 3, 1928
November 1, 2001
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Wilbert C Depew's History: 1928 - 2001

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  • 10/3
    1928

    Birthday

    October 3, 1928
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Lucas County, Ohio United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 15355626 Enlisted: September 24, 1946 in Cleveland Ohio Military branch: Air Corps Rank: Private, Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For Hawaiian Department
  • 11/1
    2001

    Death

    November 1, 2001
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1928, in the year that Wilbert C DePew was born, aviatrix Amelia Earhart, age 31, became the first woman to fly solo across North America and back in August. In June, she had been part of a 3 man crew that flew the Atlantic Ocean but since she had no instrument training, she couldn't fly the plane - she kept the flight log. The North American flight became one of her many "firsts" as a female pilot.
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In 1943, Wilbert was only 15 years old when 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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