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JOURNAL STAR - JAN 16, 1969 DIED IN I-74 CAR CRASH. 21 YEARS OLD. HAD BEEN RELEASED FROM SERVICE AFTER HIS RETURN FROM VIETNAM IN AUGUST. HAD BEEN WORKING AT PABST BREWING CO, BUT TEMPORARILY LAID OFF. HIS FRIEND, GARY RUHAAK, ALSO FROM VIETNAM SERVICE DIED ALSO. GERALD JOINED THE ARMY OF 1965 AND SERVED WITH THE 9TH INFANTRY. AT FORT RILEY, KANSAS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 196TH LIGHT INFANTRY BRIGADE SERVING IN CHU LAI UNTIL DEC OF 1967. EXTENDED SERVICE WAS A HELICOPTER GUNNER DURING THE TET OFFENSIVE AND SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY WITH THE 9TH INFANTRY AVIATION SUPPORT DETACHMENT UNTIL 1968 WHEN HE WAS DISCHARGED. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART FOR WOUNDS IN ACTION AND RECEIVED THESE ADDITIONAL AWARDS-NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AIRCRAFT CREWMAN BADGE, VIETNAM COUNTER OFFENSIVE PHASE TWO MEDAL, ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL, AND THE AIR MEDAL WITH NINE OAK LEAF CLUSTERS.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerald Ward COLEMAN

Michael James COLEMAN
1870-1962
Lillian Margaret HUTT
1877-1972

Gerald Ward COLEMAN
1947-1969


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    Birthday March 22, 1947

    • The temperature on March 22, 1947 was between 4.1 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
      • March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
      • May 31 » Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.
      • June 23 » The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.
      • July 4 » The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
      • November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
      • December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.

    Day of death January 16, 1969

    • The temperature on January 16, 1969 was between 3.6 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
      • March 2 » In Toulouse, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.
      • July 16 » Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida.
      • August 13 » The Apollo 11 astronauts enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York City. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.
      • October 21 » The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.
      • November 3 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies.
      • December 1 » Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.
    

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