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Willie Smith 1921 - 1991

Willie A Smith Jr of Pomona, Los Angeles County, CA was born on October 21, 1921, and died at age 69 years old on April 2, 1991. Willie Smith was buried at Riverside National Cemetery Section 42 Site 74 22495 Van Buren Boulevard, in Riverside.
Willie A Smith Jr
Pomona, Los Angeles County, CA 91769
October 21, 1921
April 2, 1991
Male
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Willie A Smith Jr's History: 1921 - 1991

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  • 10/21
    1921

    Birthday

    October 21, 1921
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Chaves County, New Mexico United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PVT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii Military serial#: 18014437 Enlisted: March 18, 1946 in San Francisco California Military branch: Air Corps Rank: Private, Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For Hawaiian Department
  • 04/2
    1991

    Death

    April 2, 1991
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Funeral date
    Riverside National Cemetery Section 42 Site 74 22495 Van Buren Boulevard, in Riverside, Ca 92518
    Burial location
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In 1921, in the year that Willie Smith was born, on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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In 1964, by the time he was 43 years old, 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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