The Shemwell Family

Phillip Bennett UzzleAge: 64 years19111976

Name
Phillip Bennett Uzzle
Given names
Phillip Bennett
Surname
Uzzle
Birth October 11, 1911

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 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
Birth of a son
#1
Willis Harold Uzzle
March 10, 1934 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Darrel Edward Uzzle
January 4, 1936 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Eugene Uzzle
November 25, 1937 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Mary Elizabeth Uzzle
August 23, 1942 (Age 30 years)

Birth of a son
#5
James Phillip Uzzle
July 26, 1944 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 38 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 April 7, 1976 (Age 64 years)
Burial April 10, 1976 (3 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Nelson Creek Cemetery
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himself
wife
son
Willis Harold Uzzle
Birth: March 10, 1934 22 20Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 9, 2024Martin, Weakley, Tennessee, United States
22 months
son
Darrel Edward Uzzle
Birth: January 4, 1936 24 22Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 1, 2002Owensboro, Kentucky, United States
23 months
son
Eugene Uzzle
Birth: November 25, 1937 26 24Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 9, 2018Nelson Creek, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
son
Private
son
James Phillip Uzzle
Birth: July 26, 1944 32 30Martwick, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 18, 1993Fulton, Kentucky, United States
-23 months
daughter