The Shemwell Family

Thomas Edwin SikesAge: 82 years19242007

Name
Thomas Edwin Sikes
Given names
Thomas Edwin
Surname
Sikes
Birth May 10, 1924
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 5 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 17 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 25 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 21 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 February 12, 2007 (Age 82 years)
Identification number
L297-R6Y
Type: FamilySearch

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Thomas Edwin Sikes
Birth: May 10, 1924McKinnon, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 12, 2007Steele, St. Clair, Alabama, United States
wife
Enid Bernice McMillan
Birth: October 18, 1927 34 26Tennessee, United States
Death: January 10, 2013Rainbow City, Etowah, Alabama, United States
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