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Archie Ray Downs 1943 - 2005

Archie Ray Downs of San Antonio, Bexar County, TX was born on June 14, 1943, and died at age 62 years old on November 14, 2005. Archie Downs was buried at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery Section 38 Site 556 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road, in San Antonio.
Archie Ray Downs
San Antonio, Bexar County, TX 78250
June 14, 1943
November 14, 2005
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  • 06/14
    1943

    Birthday

    June 14, 1943
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    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Marine Corps Rank attained: MGYSGT Wars/Conflicts: Vietnam
  • 11/14
    2005

    Death

    November 14, 2005
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery Section 38 Site 556 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road, in San Antonio, Tx 78209
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In 1943, in the year that Archie Ray Downs was born, on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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In 1952, at the age of just 9 years old, Archie was alive when 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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