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Wilford L Burks 1924 - 1989

Wilford L Burks of Louisville, Jefferson County, KY was born on September 18, 1924, and died at age 64 years old on July 11, 1989. Wilford Burks was buried at New Albany National Cemetery Section C Site 244 1943 Ekin Avenue, in New Albany, In.

Wilford L Burks
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Louisville, Jefferson County, KY 40212
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September 18, 1924
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    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: SC3 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
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In 1924, in the year that Wilford L Burks 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 1942, he was 18 years old when on February 19th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This authorized the Secretary of War to "prescribe certain areas as military zones." On March 21st, he signed Public Law 503 which was approved after an hour discussion in the Senate and 30 minutes in the House. The Law provided for enforcement of his Executive Order. This cleared the way for approximately 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry to be evicted from the West Coast and to be held in concentration camps and other confinement sites across the country. In Hawaii, a few thousand were detained. German and Italian Americans in the U.S. were also confined.
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Burks, Mary Burks, Charles (Born Oct 8, 1876) Burks, Matthew (Jul 12, 1980 - Sep 22, 1999) Burks, Margaret (May 1, 1921 - Dec 11, 1999) Burks, Mary (Apr 7, 1888 - Aug 1978) Burks, Elisabeth (Aug 20, 1936 - Jan 21, 1999) Burks, Dorothy (Jan 15, 1907 - Jul 1978) Burks, Louise (Oct 5, 1906 - Feb 1980) Burks, Marie (Apr 29, 1893 - Mar 1968) Burks, Florence (Apr 9, 1923 - Mar 11, 2003)
Burks, Ethel (Jan 26, 1899 - Sep 1976) Burks, Charles (Jun 25, 1907 - Dec 1984) Burks, Gretchen (May 23, 1903 - Mar 1987) Burks, Alice (Jan 12, 1931 - Feb 9, 2006) Burks, Charles (Jun 30, 1929 - Feb 26, 2011) Burks, Inez (Apr 24, 1924 - Apr 1992) Burks, Viola (Oct 10, 1913 - Jul 2, 1990) Burks, Rose (Sep 17, 1913 - Dec 31, 1987) Burks, Nancy (Jun 30, 1933 - Mar 12, 2011) Burks, Dana (Jun 5, 1896 - May 1982)
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