The Shemwell Family

Alfred Edmond CombsAge: 31 years19361968

Name
Alfred Edmond Combs
Given names
Alfred Edmond
Surname
Combs
Birth August 21, 1936 26 24
Birth of a sisterMary Ellen Combs
April 22, 1938 (Age 20 months)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 5 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 13 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 paternal grandmotherCallie B Nichols
March 28, 1954 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 9 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 February 18, 1968 (Age 31 years)

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father
Edmond Nichols Combs
Birth: September 7, 1909 35 34Haskell, Haskell, Texas, United States
Death: March 13, 1977Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
mother
Dorothy Frances Davis
Birth: April 28, 1912Moultrie, Illinois, United States
Death: March 30, 2001Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, United States
Marriage:
himself
Alfred Edmond Combs
Birth: August 21, 1936 26 24Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Death: February 18, 1968
20 months
younger sister
Mary Ellen Combs
Birth: April 22, 1938 28 25Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
Death: February 22, 2015