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Willis Ward Bowen Jr 1925 - 1994

Willis Ward Bowen Jr of Wallowa, Wallowa County, OR was born on November 8, 1925, and died at age 68 years old on July 20, 1994. Willis Bowen was buried at Willamette National Cemetery Section 2 Site 1261 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland.
Willis Ward Bowen Jr
Wallowa, Wallowa County, OR 97885
November 8, 1925
July 20, 1994
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Willis Ward Bowen Jr's History: 1925 - 1994

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  • 11/8
    1925

    Birthday

    November 8, 1925
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    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: S1 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 07/20
    1994

    Death

    July 20, 1994
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Willamette National Cemetery Section 2 Site 1261 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland, Or 97086
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In 1925, in the year that Willis Ward Bowen Jr was born, in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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In 1960, he was 35 years old when on May 1st, an American CIA U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over the Soviet Union. Powers ejected and survived but was captured. The U.S. claimed that the U-2 was a "weather plane" but Powers was convicted in the Soviet Union of espionage. He was released in 1962 after 1 year, 9 months and 10 days in prison.
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