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Donald Ray MartinAge: 82 years19182001

Name
Donald Ray Martin
Given names
Donald Ray
Surname
Martin
Birth December 26, 1918 39 26
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/
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 12 months)
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
Military
Donald Ray Martin, "WWII Draft Registration Card"
1942 (Age 23 years)
Death of a fatherMack Samuel Martin
February 28, 1943 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Larry Ray Martin
July 15, 1944 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 22 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
Census May 8, 1950 (Age 31 years)
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
Birth of a son
#2
Tony Eugene Martin
October 19, 1954 (Age 35 years)
Death of a motherVelma Blake
July 2, 1972 (Age 53 years)
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 January 29, 2001 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sumner Memorial Gardens
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father
Mack Samuel Martin
Birth: August 20, 1879Missouri, United States
Death: February 28, 1943Kansas, United States
mother
Marriage: October 12, 1911Kansas, United States
7 years
himself
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himself
wife
son
Larry Ray Martin
Birth: July 15, 1944 25 22Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: December 31, 2008Sumner, Kansas, United States
son
Private
son
Private
son
Tony Eugene Martin
Birth: October 19, 1954 35 32Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: February 1, 2017Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Mack Samuel Martin - Household

South Haven, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Martin, M SheadRMW40MYesYesMOMOMOYesFarmerOA
Martin, VelmawifeFW28MYesYesMOKYKYYesNone
Martin, InesdaughterFW7SYesKSMOMONone
Martin, GuysonMW3 years 3 monthsSKSMOMONone
Martin, RaysonMW1SKSMOMONone