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Willie Brooks 1920 - 2006

Willie Brooks was born on June 15, 1920, and died at age 86 years old on October 3, 2006. Willie Brooks was buried at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Section 4 Site 1458 20953 West Hoff Road, in Elwood, Il. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Willie Brooks.
Willie Brooks
June 15, 1920
October 3, 2006
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  • 06/15
    1920

    Birthday

    June 15, 1920
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PVT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 10/3
    2006

    Death

    October 3, 2006
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Section 4 Site 1458 20953 West Hoff Road, in Elwood, Il 60421
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In 1920, in the year that Willie Brooks was born, Italian born factory worker Nicola Sacco and fish peddler Bartolomeo Vanzetti were picked up by police on May 5th in connection with the April 15th murder and robbery of a guard and a paymaster at the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in South Braintree, Mass. Although in later years they were thought to be innocent, they were anarchists and were convicted of the crime and put to death.
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In 1934, at the age of just 14 years old, Willie was alive when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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