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William J Merritt Jr 1947 - 2002

William J Merritt Jr was born on January 23, 1947, and died at age 55 years old on July 10, 2002. William Merritt was buried at Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery Section C C3 Row 1 Site 5 11301 Crain Highway, in Cheltenham, Md. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William J Merritt Jr.
William J Merritt Jr
January 23, 1947
July 10, 2002
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  • 01/23
    1947

    Birthday

    January 23, 1947
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Wars/Conflicts: Vietnam
  • 07/10
    2002

    Death

    July 10, 2002
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery Section C C3 Row 1 Site 5 11301 Crain Highway, in Cheltenham, Md 20623
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In 1947, in the year that William J Merritt Jr was born, on November 25th, the Hollywood "Black List" was created by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Ten Hollywood writers and directors had refused to testify to the Committee regarding "Communists" or "Reds" in the movie industry. The next day, the blacklist was created and they were fired.
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In 1964, he was 17 years old when in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. Their bodies were found two months later. Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years.
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