The Shemwell Family

Ben Harold BurkAge: 53 years19381991

Name
Ben Harold Burk
Given names
Ben Harold
Surname
Burk
Birth August 6, 1938 23 21
Birth of a half-brotherDawn Marvel Gwin
August 29, 1942 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 3 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 4, 1950 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 11 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 maternal grandfatherBenjamin Harold VanGundy
June 27, 1964 (Age 25 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherDora Phillips
October 29, 1968 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 7 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 maternal grandmotherElla Myrtle Rouch
October 1986 (Age 48 years)
Death December 19, 1991 (Age 53 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Appleton City Cemetery
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father
Raymond Fred Burk
Birth: August 22, 1914 20 19Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 16, 1998Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
mother
Marriage: October 8, 1934Payne, Oklahoma, United States
11 months
elder sister
Patty Joyce Burk
Birth: August 30, 1935 21 18Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 22, 2013Missouri, United States
3 years
himself
Ben Harold Burk
Birth: August 6, 1938 23 21Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 19, 1991Lane, Oregon, United States
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step-father
Dawn Forest Gwin
Birth: September 23, 1917 25 26Colorado, United States
Death: October 24, 1996Appleton City, St. Clair, Missouri, United States
mother
half-brother
Dawn Marvel Gwin
Birth: August 29, 1942 24 25Missouri, United States
Death: August 7, 2017Dothan, Houston, Alabama, United States
half-brother
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