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Gretchen L Orth 1921 - 2005

Gretchen L Orth of Findlay, Hancock County, OH was born on December 13, 1921, and died at age 83 years old on November 22, 2005.
Gretchen L Orth
Findlay, Hancock County, OH 45840
December 13, 1921
November 22, 2005
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  • 12/13
    1921

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    December 13, 1921
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  • 11/22
    2005

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    November 22, 2005
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    Gretchen L Orth lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1921, in the year that Gretchen L Orth was born, on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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In 1943, Gretchen was 22 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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