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Edward Thomas Minor

1 May 1908 - 1 Dec 1955

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Edward Thomas Minor

1 May 1908 - 1 Dec 1955

Grave site information of Edward Thomas Minor (1 May 1908 - 1 Dec 1955) at San Antonio National Cemetery in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States from BillionGraves

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Edward Thomas Minor

Born: 1 May 1908

Died: 1 Dec 1955

San Antonio National Cemetery

517 Paso Hondo

San Antonio, Bexar, Texas

United States

Headstone Description

TEXAS - SGT DEML

Military Service

SERGEANT

WORLD WAR II

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July 12, 2015

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June 13, 2015

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Edward Thomas Minor is buried in the San Antonio National Cemetery at the location displayed on the map below. This GPS information is ONLY available at BillionGraves. Our technology can help you find the gravesite and other family members buried nearby.

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San Antonio National Cemetery

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http://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/sanantonio.asp

Cemetery Address

517 Paso Hondo
San Antonio,Bexar,Texas
United States

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SGT DEML World War II

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SERGEANT

Conflicts

WORLD WAR II

Life timeline of Edward Thomas Minor

1908

Edward Thomas Minor was born on 1 May 1908

Edward Thomas Minor was 6 years old when Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated by a Yugoslav nationalist named Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, sparking the outbreak of World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este was a member of the imperial Habsburg dynasty, and from 1896 until his death the heir presumptive (Thronfolger) to the Austro-Hungarian throne. His assassination in Sarajevo precipitated Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia, which in turn triggered a series of events that resulted in Austria-Hungary's allies and Serbia's declaring war on each other, starting World War I.

Edward Thomas Minor was 22 years old when The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression. The New York Stock Exchange, is an American stock exchange located at 11 Wall Street, Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at US$21.3 trillion as of June 2017. The average daily trading value was approximately US$169 billion in 2013. The NYSE trading floor is located at 11 Wall Street and is composed of 21 rooms used for the facilitation of trading. A fifth trading room, located at 30 Broad Street, was closed in February 2007. The main building and the 11 Wall Street building were designated National Historic Landmarks in 1978.

Edward Thomas Minor was 31 years old when Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people. Adolf Hitler was a German politician, demagogue, and Pan-German revolutionary, who was the leader of the Nazi Party, Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and Führer ("Leader") of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. As dictator, Hitler initiated World War II in Europe with the invasion of Poland in September 1939, and was central to the Holocaust.

Edward Thomas Minor was 36 years old when World War II: The Allied invasion of Normandy—codenamed Operation Overlord—begins with the execution of Operation Neptune (commonly referred to as D-Day), the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The Allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history. The Allies of World War II, called the United Nations from the 1 January 1942 declaration, were the countries that together opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War (1939–1945). The Allies promoted the alliance as a means to control German, Japanese and Italian aggression.

Edward Thomas Minor died on 1 Dec 1955 at the age of 47

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