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John Riskosky 1920 - 2002

John Riskosky of Ford City, Armstrong County, PA was born on July 5, 1920, and died at age 81 years old on April 5, 2002.
John Riskosky
Ford City, Armstrong County, PA 16226
July 5, 1920
April 5, 2002
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John Riskosky's History: 1920 - 2002

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  • 07/5
    1920

    Birthday

    July 5, 1920
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    United States
  • Early Life & Education

    4 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 13038625 Enlisted: November 3, 1941 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Military branch: Signal Corps Private Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For Hawaiian Department
  • Professional Career

    Radio Operators
  • 04/5
    2002

    Death

    April 5, 2002
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1920, in the year that John Riskosky was born, in September, a bomb exploded in the J.P. Morgan bank building in New York City, killing 30 people immediately - 8 later died due to their injuries - and injuring another 200. Killing more people than the 1910 bombing of the LA Times (the deadliest terrorist act up until then), no one took responsibility and the perpetrators were never found. Italian anarchists were suspected of the bombing.
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In 1960, John was 40 years old when on May 1st, an American CIA U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over the Soviet Union. Powers ejected and survived but was captured. The U.S. claimed that the U-2 was a "weather plane" but Powers was convicted in the Soviet Union of espionage. He was released in 1962 after 1 year, 9 months and 10 days in prison.
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