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Wayne Lee 'Diamond Jim' Lanum Sr.

9 Feb 1912 - 27 Jul 1986

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Wayne Lee 'Diamond Jim' Lanum Sr.

9 Feb 1912 - 27 Jul 1986

Grave site information of Wayne Lee 'Diamond Jim' Lanum Sr. (9 Feb 1912 - 27 Jul 1986) at Riverside Cemetery in Defiance, Defiance, Ohio, United States from BillionGraves

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Wayne Lee 'Diamond Jim' Lanum Sr.

Born: 9 Feb 1912

Died: 27 Jul 1986

Riverside Cemetery

1301-1393 S Clinton St

Defiance, Defiance, Ohio

United States

Epitaph

HE NEVER MET A STRANGER (Wayne Sr) / LIKE FATHER LIKE SON
(Wayne Jr)
Picture of race car "Little Bit"
Behind every good man is a good woman.
"Little Bit"

Headstone Description

This is a memorial in the name of love and courage for Wayne Lanum Sr. who gave his life that others may continue to live, and for Wayne Lanum Jr. who found his father's murderers. That they shall never be free to kill again. This stone is the medal which in life was never presented to them. And in the hopes their love and courage shall live on in their family and friends forever.

Bonnie - wife of Wayne Sr.
Esther - wife of Wayne Jr.

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Wayne Lanum

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Esther Beth 'sis' Lanum

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10 Feb 1955 - Not Available
Wayne Lee 'Butch' Lanum Jr.

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18 Nov 1957 - Not Available
Bonnie E. 'Casey' Lanum

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3 Mar 1930 - 20 Oct 1996

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Riverside Cemetery

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http://www.cityofdefiance.com/main/index.php/riverside-cemetery

Cemetery Address

1301-1393 S Clinton St
Defiance,Defiance,Ohio
United States

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Wayne Lee 'Diamond Jim' Lanum Sr. was born on 9 Feb 1912

Wayne Lee 'Diamond Jim' Lanum Sr. was 16 years old when Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy". Walter Elias Disney was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film producer, Disney holds the record for most Academy Awards earned by an individual, having won 22 Oscars from 59 nominations. He was presented with two Golden Globe Special Achievement Awards and an Emmy Award, among other honors. Several of his films are included in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.

Wayne Lee 'Diamond Jim' Lanum Sr. was 28 years old when World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II. World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier. The vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most global war in history; it directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. In a state of total war, the major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. World War II was the deadliest conflict in human history, marked by 50 to 85 million fatalities, most of whom were civilians in the Soviet Union and China. It included massacres, the genocide of the Holocaust, strategic bombing, premeditated death from starvation and disease and the only use of nuclear weapons in war.

Wayne Lee 'Diamond Jim' Lanum Sr. was 29 years old when World War II: Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. Nazi Germany is the common English name for Germany between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party (NSDAP) controlled the country through a dictatorship. Under Hitler's rule, Germany was transformed into a totalitarian state that controlled nearly all aspects of life via the Gleichschaltung legal process. The official name of the state was Deutsches Reich until 1943 and Großdeutsches Reich from 1943 to 1945. Nazi Germany is also known as the Third Reich, from German Drittes Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", the first two being the Holy Roman Empire and the German Empire. The Nazi regime ended after the Allied Powers defeated Germany in May 1945, ending World War II in Europe.

Wayne Lee 'Diamond Jim' Lanum Sr. was 41 years old when Jonas Salk announced the successful test of his polio vaccine on a small group of adults and children (vaccination pictured). Jonas Edward Salk was an American medical researcher and virologist. He discovered and developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. Born in New York City, he attended New York University School of Medicine, later choosing to do medical research instead of becoming a practicing physician. In 1939, after earning his medical degree, Salk began an internship as a physician scientist at Mount Sinai Hospital. Two years later he was granted a fellowship at the University of Michigan, where he would study flu viruses with his mentor Thomas Francis, Jr.

Wayne Lee 'Diamond Jim' Lanum Sr. was 52 years old when John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas; hours later, Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in aboard Air Force One as the 36th President of the United States. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. He served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his presidency dealt with managing relations with the Soviet Union. As a member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy represented the state of Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate prior to becoming president.

Wayne Lee 'Diamond Jim' Lanum Sr. was 61 years old when Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam. The North Vietnamese army was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist allies; the South Vietnamese army was supported by the United States, South Korea, Australia, Thailand and other anti-communist allies. The war is considered a Cold War-era proxy war by some US perspectives. The majority of Americans believe the war was unjustified. The war would last roughly 19 years and would also form the Laotian Civil War as well as the Cambodian Civil War, which also saw all three countries become communist states in 1975.

Wayne Lee 'Diamond Jim' Lanum Sr. died on 27 Jul 1986 at the age of 74

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