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William Ray Nelson 1921 - 2002

William Ray Nelson was born on August 20, 1921, and died at age 80 years old on August 13, 2002. William Nelson was buried at Ft. Custer National Cemetery Section MA Site 420 15501 Dickman Road - No. Entrance Svc Maintenance Bldg, in Augusta, Mi. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Ray Nelson.

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    Branch of service: Us Marine Corps Rank attained: CPL Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
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In 1921, in the year that William Ray Nelson was born, in May, the Emergency Quota Act - or Emergency Immigration Act - was passed. The law restricted the number of immigrants to 357,000 per year. It also established an immigration quota in which only 3 per cent of the total population of any ethnic group already in the USA in 1910, could be admitted to America after 1921. Although the Act was supposed to be temporary, it stayed in effect until 1965.
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In 1957, he was 36 years old when on September 24th, the "Little Rock Nine" (nine African-American students) entered Little Rock High School. Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus had previously prevented the students from entering the school at the beginning of the term with the Arkansas National Guard - they blocked the door. President Eisenhower ordered federal troops - the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army - to guard the students and allow them entry.
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Nelson, Nancy (Born Jun 15, 1836) Nelson, Myrtle (Born Jul 25, 1912) Nelson, Charles (Born c. 1798) Nelson, Jane (Born Mar 22, 1861) Nelson, Emma (Born c. 1861) Nelson, Fredrik (Born Feb 24, 1859) Nelson, Laurence (Born Aug 3, 1910) Nelson, Benjamin (Born Apr 10, 1915) Nelson, Margaret Lorraine (Born Sep 27, 1924) Burnson, Amelia (Born 1887)
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