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Willie Matthews 1922 - 1996

Willie J Matthews of Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge County, LA was born on June 12, 1922, and died at age 73 years old on April 7, 1996.
Willie J Matthews
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge County, LA 70805
June 12, 1922
April 7, 1996
Male
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Willie J Matthews' History: 1922 - 1996

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  • 06/12
    1922

    Birthday

    June 12, 1922
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Orleans County, Louisiana United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 39146698 Enlisted: December 11, 1945 in Ft Ord California Military branch: Transportation Corps Rank: Private, Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For Hawaiian Department
  • Professional Career

    Ticket, Station, And Express Agents, Transportation
  • 04/7
    1996

    Death

    April 7, 1996
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1922, in the year that Willie Matthews was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1969, when he was 47 years old, one hundred countries, along with the United States and the Soviet Union signed the nuclear nonproliferation treaty (NPT). It called for stopping the spread of nuclear weapons, the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and the goal of nuclear disarmament.
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