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Gene Edward Odegaard 1935 - 2006

Gene Edward Odegaard of Floral City, Citrus County, FL was born on August 17, 1935, and died at age 70 years old on August 13, 2006. Gene Odegaard was buried at Florida National Cemetery Section 1E Row 7B Site 16 6502 Sw. 102nd Ave., in Bushnell.
Gene Edward Odegaard
Floral City, Citrus County, FL 34436
August 17, 1935
August 13, 2006
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  • 08/17
    1935

    Birthday

    August 17, 1935
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC
  • 08/13
    2006

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    August 13, 2006
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    Florida National Cemetery Section 1E Row 7B Site 16 6502 Sw. 102nd Ave., in Bushnell, Fl 33513
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In 1935, in the year that Gene Edward Odegaard was born, on September 8th, Louisiana Senator Huey Long was shot by Dr. Carl Weiss. Weiss was shot and killed immediately by Long's bodyguards - Long died two days later from his injuries. Long had received many death threats previously, as well as threats against his family. He was a powerful and controversial figure in Louisiana politics (and probably gained power through multiple criminal acts). His opponents became frustrated with their attempts to oust him and Dr. Weiss was the son-in-law of one of those opponents. His funeral was attended by 200,000 mourners.
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In 1943, Gene was only 8 years old when 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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