Willis Benjamin ArringtonAge: 39 years1929–1968
- Name
- Willis Benjamin Arrington
- Given names
- Willis Benjamin
- Surname
- Arrington
Shared note: Claude Arthur Arrington Obituary and Family Listing
 Birth | March 12, 1929 31 25 |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 6 months)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 7, 1930 (Age 12 months) |
| Census | April 17, 1940 (Age 11 years) |
 Death of a paternal grandmother | Emma Lee Kirskey February 3, 1942 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 12 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 24, 1950 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 20 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 | Claude Arthur Arrington Sr August 21, 1958 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 16 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 22, 1968 (Age 39 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Claude Arthur Arrington Sr Birth: January 25, 1898 35 27 — Bend, Johnson, Arkansas, United States Death: August 21, 1958 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
| mother |
Edna Ethel Baldwin Birth: June 29, 1903 40 22 — Concordia, Cloud, Kansas, United States Death: February 14, 1974 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Marriage: October 2, 1920 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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16 months elder brother |
Claude Arthur Arrington Jr Birth: January 22, 1922 23 18 — California, United States Death: January 15, 2018 — Oregon, United States |
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15 months elder sister |
Viola Wilma Arrington Birth: April 13, 1923 25 19 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Death: November 13, 2013 — San Diego, California, United States |
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6 years himself |
Willis Benjamin Arrington Birth: March 12, 1929 31 25 — Los Angeles, California, United States Death: April 22, 1968 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Claude Arthur Arrington Sr - Household
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Claude Arthur Arrington Sr - Household
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Claude Arthur Arrington Sr - Household
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| Name | Claude Arthur Arrington Obituary and Family Listing
C. A. Arrington,
Former McCulloch
Resident, Dies
Claude A. Arrington, 60, a for-
mer McCulloch County resident,
died in a Van Nuys, Calif., hos-
pital Aug. 21 after suffering a
heart attack.
A veteran of World War I he
was retired from 20 years of duty
with the Los Angeles Police De-
partment. In more recent years
he was employed in the security
division of Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
and Lockheed missile systems di-
vision.
Survivors are his widow, Ethel;
two sons, Claude A Arrington, Jr.,
and Willis both of Van Nuys; and a
daughter Mrs. Viola Fish of Santa
Rosa, Calif.
Also surviving are two sisters,
Mrs. Dollie Watkins of Banning,
Calif., and Mrs. Dora Stamper of
Tujunga, Calif., a brother, Roy
Arrington of San Angelo, a half-
brother, B. D. Watkins of Austin;
two step-brothers, Willie Watkins
of Pear Valley and Claude Watkins
of Tujunga, Calif., and a step-
sister, Mrs. Allen Van Dohlen of
Pear Valley.
Mr. Arrington also was an uncle
of Mrs. Hank Pimm of Brady. The
Pimms and her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Arrington, were visiting
relatives in California at the time
of the death. They attend the
funeral there Aug 23 before re-
turning home.
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth881292/m1/1/?q=Arrington
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