 Birth | about 1924 36 32 |
 Birth of a sister | Naoma D Shanks about 1926 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 5 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 10, 1940 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 17 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 26 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 father | Taylor Angus Shanks June 25, 1968 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a mother | Rosie Lula McCulley February 19, 1973 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 22 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 | Ora Louise Shanks July 30, 2013 (Age 89 years) |
 Death | unknown |