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Y Z Thornton 1925 - 2009

Y Z Z Thornton of South Holland, Cook County, IL was born on September 29, 1925, and died at age 83 years old on May 7, 2009. Y Z Thornton was buried at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Section 8 Site 2158 20953 West Hoff Road, in Elwood.
Y Z Z Thornton
South Holland, Cook County, IL 60473
September 29, 1925
May 7, 2009
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  • 09/29
    1925

    Birthday

    September 29, 1925
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Marine Corps Rank attained: CPL Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 05/7
    2009

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    May 7, 2009
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    Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Section 8 Site 2158 20953 West Hoff Road, in Elwood, Il 60421
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In 1925, in the year that Y Z Thornton was born, gangster Al "Scarface" Capone took over the Chicago bootlegging racket at age 26. Previously right hand man to boss Johnny Torrio, Capone took over when Torrio was shot and severely injured and decided to resign. The bootlegging and brothel organization was massive and when asked what he did, Capone often replied "I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want".
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In 1964, when this person was 39 years old, in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. Their bodies were found two months later. Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years.
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