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Wheeler Duke Knowles Jr 1924 - 1972

Wheeler Duke Knowles Jr of Elko, Elko County, NV was born on March 20, 1924, and died at age 48 years old on May 18, 1972. Wheeler Knowles was buried at Long Island National Cemetery Section 2U Site 3357 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale, Ny.

Wheeler Duke Knowles Jr
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Elko, Elko County, NV 89801
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March 20, 1924
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May 18, 1972
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    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PVT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
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In 1924, in the year that Wheeler Duke Knowles Jr was born, 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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In 1932, at the age of merely 8 years old, Wheeler was alive when on February 27th, actress Elizabeth Taylor was born in London. Her parents were Americans living in London and when she was 7, the family moved to Los Angeles. Her first small part in a movie was in There's One Born Every Minute in 1942 but her first starring role was in National Velvet in 1944. She became as famous for her 8 marriages (to 7 people) as she was for her beauty and films.
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