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Lester Edward Murphy 1916 - 2003

Lester Edward Murphy of San Diego, San Diego County, CA was born on September 24, 1916, and died at age 86 years old on July 18, 2003. Lester Murphy was buried at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery Section CBAA Row 2 Site 153 P.o. Box 6237, in San Diego.
Lester Edward Murphy
San Diego, San Diego County, CA 92111
September 24, 1916
July 18, 2003
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  • 09/24
    1916

    Birthday

    September 24, 1916
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: PNCM Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii, Korea, Vietnam
  • 07/18
    2003

    Death

    July 18, 2003
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery Section CBAA Row 2 Site 153 P.o. Box 6237, in San Diego, Ca 92166
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In 1916, in the year that Lester Edward Murphy was born, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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In 1943, he was 27 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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