The Shemwell Family

Colonel Henry Billingsley Jr.Age: 68 years19231992

Name
Colonel Henry Billingsley Jr.
Given names
Colonel Henry
Surname
Billingsley
Name suffix
Jr.
Birth May 24, 1923 32 21
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 6 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 16, 1930 (Age 6 years)
Census April 11, 1940 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 18 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
Death of a paternal grandfatherGeorge Franklin Billingsley
March 27, 1950 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 26 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 fatherColonel Henry Billingsley
July 11, 1970 (Age 47 years)
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 of a motherRachal Marie Herbert
October 30, 1991 (Age 68 years)
Death May 15, 1992 (Age 68 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Rachal Marie Herbert
Birth: February 14, 1902Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: October 30, 1991Bishop, Inyo, California, United States
himself
Colonel Henry Billingsley Jr.
Birth: May 24, 1923 32 21Bauxite, Saline, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 15, 1992Fallon, Churchill, Nevada, United States
brother
Private
Father’s family with Jennie Brewster - View this family
father
step-mother
Jennie Brewster
Birth: August 28, 1892Georgia, United States
Death: February 29, 1920Saline, Arkansas, United States
half-brother
Private
half-sister
June Ruby Billingsley
Birth: October 6, 1918 27 26Bauxite, Saline, Arkansas, United States
Death: September 21, 1993Lone Pine, Inyo, California, United States

Colonel Henry Billingsley Jr. has 26 first cousins recorded