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Willie J Cowan 1964 - 2008

Willie J Cowan of Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL was born on November 4, 1964, and died at age 44 years old on November 9, 2008. Willie Cowan was buried at Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery Section 15 Site 327 553 Highway 165, in Ft Mitchell.
Willie J Cowan
Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL 35218
November 4, 1964
November 9, 2008
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Willie J Cowan's History: 1964 - 2008

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  • 11/4
    1964

    Birthday

    November 4, 1964
    Birthdate
    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC
  • 11/9
    2008

    Death

    November 9, 2008
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    Unknown
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery Section 15 Site 327 553 Highway 165, in Ft Mitchell, Al 36856
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In 1964, in the year that Willie J Cowan was born, 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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In 1973, Willie was merely 9 years old when in October, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned - President Nixon nominated Gerald Ford for Vice President. Nixon's tax returns came under investigation. Nixon offered the recently discovered Oval Office tapes be heard by one person and summarized - his offer was rejected by the Special Prosecutor. Nixon ordered the Attorney General, then the assistant Attorney General, to fire the Special Prosecutor. Both refused and were fired. The Solicitor General became the acting Attorney General and fired the Special Prosecutor (the Saturday Night Massacre). Nixon releases some of the tapes, under extreme pressure because of the firings.
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