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Darlene Whetsel 1952 - 1980

Darlene Whetsel was born on September 3, 1952, and died at age 27 years old in June 1980. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Darlene Whetsel.
Darlene Whetsel
September 3, 1952
June 1980
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Darlene Whetsel's History: 1952 - 1980

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  • 09/3
    1952

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    September 3, 1952
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  • 06/dd
    1980

    Death

    June 1980
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    Darlene Whetsel lived 46 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 27.
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In 1952, in the year that Darlene Whetsel 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, Darlene was just 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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