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Carl Frederick Hedges Sr.Age: 84 years19182003

Name
Carl Frederick Hedges Sr.
Type
birth name
Given names
Carl Frederick
Surname
Hedges
Name suffix
Sr.
Birth August 17, 1918 41 32
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/
Birth of a sisterConcordia Cecelia “Connie” Hedges
March 12, 1921 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 11 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
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
Death of a fatherCarl Wesley Hedges
September 30, 1953 (Age 35 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 motherPearl Grace Inez Quick
January 4, 1967 (Age 48 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 brotherLester Laverne Hedges
September 28, 1996 (Age 78 years)
Death July 8, 2003 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Galveston Memorial Park
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elder brother
Lester Laverne Hedges
Birth: April 22, 1915 37 29Burkburnett, Wichita, Texas, United States
Death: September 28, 1996Gregg, Texas, United States
19 months
elder sister
Kathryn A Hedges
Birth: December 5, 1916 39 30Burkburnett, Wichita, Texas, United States
Death: March 13, 2013Clarksville, Red River, Texas, United States
20 months
himself
Carl Frederick Hedges Sr.
Birth: August 17, 1918 41 32Burkburnett, Wichita, Texas, United States
Death: July 8, 2003Texas City, Galveston, Texas, United States
3 years
younger sister
Concordia Cecelia “Connie” Hedges
Birth: March 12, 1921 43 34Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States
Death: March 17, 2007Kilgore, Gregg, Texas, United States
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himself
Carl Frederick Hedges Sr.
Birth: August 17, 1918 41 32Burkburnett, Wichita, Texas, United States
Death: July 8, 2003Texas City, Galveston, Texas, United States
wife
June Golden
Birth: June 18, 1923 21 17Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 7, 2005Galveston, Texas, United States
daughter
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