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Weldon Earl MangumAge: 63 years19151979

Name
Weldon Earl Mangum
Given names
Weldon Earl
Surname
Mangum
Birth December 22, 1915 37 34
Address: Community of Rancho
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 days)

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 12 months)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 2 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/
Death of a sisterRuby May Mangum
January 16, 1927 (Age 11 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Self Trafton
1929 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 13 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 25 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 brotherJessie Howell Mangum
February 14, 1953 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 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 fatherJoe D Mangum
January 1, 1955 (Age 39 years)
Death of a brotherWillie Travis Mangum
April 8, 1968 (Age 52 years)
Death of a motherEtta Augusta Trafton
February 24, 1971 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 February 15, 1979 (Age 63 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Evergreen Cemetery
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Garnett Lee Mangum
Birth: September 18, 1901 22 19Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: September 11, 1987Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States
3 years
elder brother
Willie Travis Mangum
Birth: March 6, 1904 25 22Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: April 8, 1968San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
2 years
elder brother
Carrol Dee Mangum
Birth: May 13, 1906 27 24Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: March 7, 1987Del Rio, Val Verde, Texas, United States
3 years
elder brother
Jessie Howell Mangum
Birth: July 19, 1909 30 27Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: February 14, 1953Roswell, Chaves, New Mexico, United States
2 years
elder sister
Ruby May Mangum
Birth: October 7, 1911 32 30Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: January 16, 1927Uvalde, Texas, United States
2 years
elder brother
Jim Dennis Mangum
Birth: December 22, 1913 35 32Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: April 29, 1989Devine, Medina, Texas, United States
2 years
himself
Weldon Earl Mangum
Birth: December 22, 1915 37 34Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: February 15, 1979San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
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Weldon Earl Mangum
Birth: December 22, 1915 37 34Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: February 15, 1979San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
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