The Shemwell Family

Kenneth Eugene PhillipsAge: 60 years19261987

Name
Kenneth Eugene Phillips
Given names
Kenneth Eugene
Surname
Phillips
Birth June 15, 1926
MarriageLoise Marie WilhelmView this family
unknown

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 3 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 15 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
Birth of a son
#1
Kenneth Eugene Phillips Jr.
March 27, 1948 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 23 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 19 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 sonKenneth Eugene Phillips Jr.
September 22, 1977 (Age 51 years)
Death May 23, 1987 (Age 60 years)
Family with Loise Marie Wilhelm - View this family
himself
Kenneth Eugene Phillips
Birth: June 15, 1926Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 23, 1987Maywood, Cook, Illinois, United States
wife
Loise Marie Wilhelm
Birth: May 8, 1926 24 18Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 21, 2000Cook, Illinois, United States
Marriage:
son
Kenneth Eugene Phillips Jr.
Birth: March 27, 1948 21 21Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Death: September 22, 1977Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States