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Gardner Howell Byrd 1922 - 2006

Gardner Howell Byrd of Loris, Horry County, South Carolina was born on August 31, 1922, and died at age 83 years old on July 14, 2006.
Gardner Howell Byrd
Loris, Horry County, South Carolina 29569
August 31, 1922
July 14, 2006
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  • 08/31
    1922

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    August 31, 1922
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  • 07/14
    2006

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    July 14, 2006
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    Gardner Howell Byrd lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1922, in the year that Gardner Howell Byrd was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1945, at the age of 23 years old, Gardner was alive when on February 19th, US Marines landed on the island of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Iwo Jima began. Lasting 5 weeks, it was some of the bloodiest and fiercest fighting in the Pacific theater during World War II. The occupying Japanese forces were heavily armed and there were 21,000 Japanese soldiers on the island at the beginning of the battle. Only 216 Japanese soldiers were captured afterwards - the rest had been killed in action or committed suicide. 6,800 American soldiers died but the Americans took control of the island.
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