The Shemwell Family

Will Ray RussAge: 61 years19221984

Name
Will Ray Russ
Given names
Will Ray
Surname
Russ
Birth July 6, 1922
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 7 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
MarriageChristine S PaxtonView this family
after 1940 (Age 17 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Thomas Ray Russ
November 2, 1944 (Age 22 years)
Death of a sonThomas Ray Russ
November 2, 1944 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 19 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
#2
Anthony “Tony” Russ
January 29, 1946 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 27 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 23 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 June 25, 1984 (Age 61 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery
Family with Christine S Paxton - View this family
himself
Will Ray Russ
Birth: July 6, 1922Kentucky, United States
Death: June 25, 1984Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
wife
Christine S Paxton
Birth: November 26, 1911 26 22Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 16, 1996Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
Marriage: after 1940
5 years
son
Thomas Ray Russ
Birth: November 2, 1944 22 32Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 2, 1944Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
15 months
son
Anthony “Tony” Russ
Birth: January 29, 1946 23 34Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
Death: March 31, 2018Daviess, Kentucky, United States

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