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Edwin Herman RosenbergAge: 94 years19182012

Name
Edwin Herman Rosenberg
Given names
Edwin Herman
Surname
Rosenberg
Birth October 27, 1918
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 10 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 2, 1940 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Wanda Kay Rosenberg
October 16, 1943 (Age 24 years)
Death of a daughterWanda Kay Rosenberg
October 20, 1943 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 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 31 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 27 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 wifeMaxine Bessie Simons
June 1, 2004 (Age 85 years)
Death November 2, 2012 (Age 94 years)
Family with Maxine Bessie Simons - View this family
himself
Edwin Herman Rosenberg
Birth: October 27, 1918Phillips, Kansas, United States
Death: November 2, 2012Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
wife
Maxine Bessie Simons
Birth: September 20, 1920 25 30Stockton, Rooks, Kansas, United States
Death: June 1, 2004Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Wanda Kay Rosenberg
Birth: October 16, 1943 24 23Kansas, United States
Death: October 20, 1943Kansas, United States

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