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Vernon Everett ArmstrongAge: 73 years19181992

Name
Vernon Everett Armstrong
Given names
Vernon Everett
Surname
Armstrong
Birth November 17, 1918 28 25
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/
Death of a paternal grandfatherAndrew Benjamin Armstrong
April 15, 1927 (Age 8 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Jane Cheek
February 24, 1928 (Age 9 years)
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 11, 1930 (Age 11 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
Census April 7, 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
Death of a fatherEmmett Clinton Armstrong
May 26, 1963 (Age 44 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 of a motherMattie Pearl Harkins
October 3, 1986 (Age 67 years)
Death January 17, 1992 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Elmwood Memorial Park
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father
mother
Marriage: December 19, 1909
4 years
elder brother
Forest Clinton Armstrong
Birth: March 25, 1914 23 20Texas, United States
Death: July 3, 1918Hylton, Nolan, Texas, United States
5 years
himself
Vernon Everett Armstrong
Birth: November 17, 1918 28 25Texas, United States
Death: January 17, 1992Abilene, Jones, Texas, United States
Family with Verna Lillian Busby - View this family
himself
Vernon Everett Armstrong
Birth: November 17, 1918 28 25Texas, United States
Death: January 17, 1992Abilene, Jones, Texas, United States
wife
Verna Lillian Busby
Birth: May 9, 1920Texas, United States
Death: August 4, 2009Griffin, Spalding, Georgia, United States
son
Private
daughter
Private

Vernon Everett Armstrong has 4 first cousins recorded

Father's family (4)

Parents James Monroe Porter + Mary Edna Armstrong
1Ila Mae Porter19081990
2Iland Noel Porter19101995
3Wanda Lee Porter19141976

Mother's family (0)

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Emmett Clinton Armstrong - Household

Nolan, Texas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Armstrong, Emmett CheadMW39M19TXARMOFarmerFarm
Armstrong, Mattie PwifeFW36M16TXTNTX
Armstrong, VernonsonMW11STXTXTX