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Edgel R Gillespie 1934 - 2009

Edgel R Gillespie of Wickenburg, Maricopa County, AZ was born on September 25, 1934, and died at age 75 years old on October 4, 2009. Edgel Gillespie was buried at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery Section 28 Site 30 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road, in San Antonio, Tx.
Edgel R Gillespie
Wickenburg, Maricopa County, AZ 85358
September 25, 1934
October 4, 2009
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  • 09/25
    1934

    Birthday

    September 25, 1934
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: AEC Wars/Conflicts: Korea, Vietnam
  • 10/4
    2009

    Death

    October 4, 2009
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery Section 28 Site 30 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road, in San Antonio, Tx 78209
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In 1934, in the year that Edgel R Gillespie was born, on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.
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In 1944, at the age of only 10 years old, Edgel was alive when on June 6th, the largest amphibious invasion in history was launched - the Normandy landing (called D-Day). Soldiers from the United States, Britain, Canada, and the Free French landed on Normandy Beach and were later joined by Poland, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, and the Netherlands. Almost 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers were involved. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on D-Day - Allied casualties on the first day were at least 10,000. 4,414 were confirmed dead.
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