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Willie L Rankin 1911 - 1990

Willie L Rankin of Far Rockaway, Queens County, NY was born on March 16, 1911, and died at age 79 years old on December 22, 1990. Willie Rankin was buried at Calverton National Cemetery Section 67 Site 351 Princeton Boulevard - Rt 25, in Calverton.
Willie L Rankin
Far Rockaway, Queens County, NY 11691
March 16, 1911
December 22, 1990
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Willie L Rankin's History: 1911 - 1990

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  • 03/16
    1911

    Birthday

    March 16, 1911
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PVT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 12/22
    1990

    Death

    December 22, 1990
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Calverton National Cemetery Section 67 Site 351 Princeton Boulevard - Rt 25, in Calverton, Ny 11933
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In 1911, in the year that Willie L Rankin was born, the Triangle Shirtwaist fire occurred, one of the deadliest industrial disasters in U.S. history. 146 workers (123 women and 23 men, many of them recent Jewish and Italian immigrants) died from the fire or by jumping to escape the fire and smoke. The garment factory was on the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors of a building in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. Doors to stairwells and exits had been locked in order to prevent workers from taking unauthorized breaks and to prevent theft, so they couldn't escape by normal means when the fire broke out. Due to the disaster, legislation was passed to protect sweatshop workers.
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In 1935, he was 24 years old when the BOI's name (the Bureau of Investigation) was changed to the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and it officially became a separate agency with the Department of Justice. J. Edgar Hoover, the Chief of the BOI, continued in his office and became the first Director of the FBI. The FBI's responsibility is to "detect and prosecute crimes against the United States".
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