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James Ralph WagersAge: 66 years19161983

Name
James Ralph Wagers
Given names
James Ralph
Surname
Wagers
Birth after December 9, 1916 34 34
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 23 days)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 12 months)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Birth of a brotherCharles B “Charlie” Wagers
May 29, 1919 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterMartha Elizabeth Wagers
June 3, 1921 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 12 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Death of a fatherJames Scott Wagers
March 16, 1932 (Age 15 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a motherHannah F Kelley
May 1, 1954 (Age 37 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death September 20, 1983 (Age 66 years)

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father
mother
Marriage: December 24, 1904
5 years
elder sister
Gladys Wagers
Birth: 1909 26 26Madison, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1999
5 years
elder brother
Kelly Wagers
Birth: 1913 30 30Madison, Kentucky, United States
Death:
4 years
himself
James Ralph Wagers
Birth: after December 9, 1916 34 34Madison, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 20, 1983
3 years
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
Martha Elizabeth Wagers
Birth: June 3, 1921 38 39Berea, Madison, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 23, 2013Berea, Madison, Kentucky, United States

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