The Shemwell Family

Jack C CollieAge: 25 years19241949

Name
Jack C Collie
Given names
Jack C
Surname
Collie
Birth 1924 29 30
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
Census April 17, 1930 (Age 6 years)
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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 22 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 1949 (Age 25 years)
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father
Buren Edward Collie
Birth: July 19, 1894 43Kentucky, United States
Death: August 8, 1984Palm Beach, Florida, United States
mother
elder brother
Buren Edward Collie Jr.
Birth: November 6, 1917 23 23Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Death: October 29, 1987West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, United States
7 years
himself
Jack C Collie
Birth: 1924 29 30Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Death: 1949Dade, Florida, United States
brother
Private