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Willie Leon Gillis 1952 - 2010

Willie Leon Gillis was born on October 23, 1952, and died at age 57 years old on May 31, 2010. Willie Gillis was buried at Washington Crossing National Cemetery Section 6 Site 2145 830 Highland Road, in Newtown, Pa. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Willie Leon Gillis.
Willie Leon Gillis
October 23, 1952
May 31, 2010
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  • 10/23
    1952

    Birthday

    October 23, 1952
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: EN3 Wars/Conflicts: Persian Gulf
  • 05/31
    2010

    Death

    May 31, 2010
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Washington Crossing National Cemetery Section 6 Site 2145 830 Highland Road, in Newtown, Pa 18940
    Burial location
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In 1952, in the year that Willie Leon Gillis was born, on July 2, Dr. Jonas E. Salk tested the first dead-virus polio vaccine on 43 children. The worst epidemic of polio had broken out that year - in the U.S. there were 58,000 cases reported. Of these, 3,145 people had died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling paralysis.
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In 1964, he was only 12 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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