John Rodney Gregory1910–
- Name
- John Rodney Gregory
- Given names
- John Rodney
- Surname
- Gregory
 Birth | June 4, 1910 18 16 |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | Sylvester Millard Brown December 16, 1912 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Alma Brown Gregory May 5, 1914 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 5 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 6 years)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 (Age 7 years)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/ |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Drusilla F Shemwell March 8, 1924 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 19 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 |
| Death of a father | Melvin McClellan Gregory September 21, 1939 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 39 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 mother | Grace M Brown 1960 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 sister | Alma Brown Gregory October 13, 2002 (Age 92 years) |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Melvin McClellan Gregory Birth: June 15, 1891 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 21, 1939 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Grace M Brown Birth: September 1893 40 41 — Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: 1960 |
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Marriage: June 30, 1909 — Kentucky, United States |
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11 months himself |
John Rodney Gregory Birth: June 4, 1910 18 16 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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4 years younger sister |
Alma Brown Gregory Birth: May 5, 1914 22 20 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: October 13, 2002 — Atlanta, DeKalb, Georgia, United States |