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Herman Drafke 1899 - 1976

Herman Drafke of Downers Grove, Du Page County, Illinois was born on October 12, 1899, and died at age 76 years old in May 1976.
Herman Drafke
Downers Grove, Du Page County, Illinois 60515
October 12, 1899
May 1976
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  • 10/12
    1899

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    October 12, 1899
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  • 05/dd
    1976

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    May 1976
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    Herman Drafke lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 76.
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In 1899, in the year that Herman Drafke was born, the meaning of Chinese "oracle bones" was rediscovered. Farmers in China had been turning up the bones in their fields for generations but most often they were ground up and sold as medicine. The chancellor of the Imperial Academy and a friend noticed, before they ground the bones, that they had writing. The bones had been used around the second millennium BC for divination.
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In 1921, he was 22 years old when 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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