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William J Dowdney 1924 - 1992

William J Dowdney was born on December 11, 1924, and died at age 67 years old on August 19, 1992. William Dowdney was buried at Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery Section 1B Site 169 14 Veterans Way, in Fernley, Nv.

William J Dowdney

zip code 00000

December 11, 1924

August 19, 1992

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12/11

1924

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December 11, 1924

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Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: TEC5 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
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1992

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August 19, 1992

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Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery Section 1B Site 169 14 Veterans Way, in Fernley, Nv 89408
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William J Dowdney lived 3 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 67.

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In 1924, in the year that William J Dowdney 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 1957, when he was 33 years old, on October 4th, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, the first man made earth-orbiting satellite - and triggered the Space Race. Sputnik I was only 23 inches in diameter and had no tracking equipment, only 4 antennas, but it had a big impact.

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