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Charles B Godwin Jr.Age: 86 years19242010

Name
Charles B Godwin Jr.
Given names
Charles B
Surname
Godwin
Name suffix
Jr.
Birth February 11, 1924 37 21

MarriageVolene BakerView this family
unknown

Birth of a sisterMary Addie Godwin
November 28, 1926 (Age 2 years)
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
Birth of a sisterBetty Lorraine Godwin
November 24, 1929 (Age 5 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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 25 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 fatherCharles Basil Godwin
November 14, 1954 (Age 30 years)
Death of a motherMary Jones
July 8, 1958 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 21 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 sisterBetty Lorraine Godwin
February 1, 2000 (Age 75 years)

Death of a sisterHazel E Godwin
September 2, 2007 (Age 83 years)
Death July 29, 2010 (Age 86 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Charles Basil Godwin
Birth: September 3, 1886Fulton, Fulton, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 14, 1954Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
mother
Marriage:
elder sister
Hazel E Godwin
Birth: April 5, 1921 34 18Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
Death: September 2, 2007Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
3 years
himself
3 years
younger sister
Mary Addie Godwin
Birth: November 28, 1926 40 23Prichard, Tunica, Mississippi, United States
Death: April 19, 2019Germantown, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Betty Lorraine Godwin
Birth: November 24, 1929 43 26Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 1, 2000
Family with Volene Baker - View this family
himself
wife
Volene Baker
Birth: April 21, 1924Hackleburg, Marion, Alabama, United States
Death: October 21, 2021Rossville, Fayette, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:

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