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Melba A Bercier 1919 - 1996

Melba A Bercier of Portland, Multnomah County, OR was born on May 11, 1919, and died at age 76 years old on March 12, 1996. Melba Bercier was buried at Willamette National Cemetery Section O Site 1002 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland.
Melba A Bercier
Portland, Multnomah County, OR 97216
May 11, 1919
March 12, 1996
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  • 05/11
    1919

    Birthday

    May 11, 1919
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    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PVT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 03/12
    1996

    Death

    March 12, 1996
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Funeral date
    Willamette National Cemetery Section O Site 1002 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland, Or 97086
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In 1919, in the year that Melba A Bercier was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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In 1924, she was just 5 years old when in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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