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Wilbert Spearman 1943 - 2012

Wilbert Spearman was born on March 7, 1943, and died at age 69 years old on May 28, 2012. Wilbert Spearman was buried at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Section 6A Site 476 20953 West Hoff Road, in Elwood, Il. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Wilbert Spearman.
Wilbert Spearman
March 7, 1943
May 28, 2012
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  • 03/7
    1943

    Birthday

    March 7, 1943
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    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PV1 Wars/Conflicts: Vietnam
  • 05/28
    2012

    Death

    May 28, 2012
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Section 6A Site 476 20953 West Hoff Road, in Elwood, Il 60421
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In 1943, in the year that Wilbert Spearman was born, 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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In 1950, at the age of only 7 years old, Wilbert was alive when in February, Joe McCarthy gave a speech alleging that he had a list of "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" who worked in the State Department. He went on to chair a committee that investigated not only the State Department but also the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the Voice of America, and the U.S. Army for communist spies - until he was condemned by the U.S. Senate in 1954.
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