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Source: Funeral Notice from The Omaha World-Herald Newspaper, Omaha, Douglas County, NE, USA
April 7, 1921
Legion to Bury James J. Gillen
Funeral services for James J. Gillen, formerly of Omaha, who was electrocuted last week in Los Angeles while working at his trade there, will be held in Omaha Friday.
Gillen was an ex-serviceman, who served in France, Germany and Mexico. The funeral services here, which will be held at the home of his sister, Mrs. C. A. Peterson, 3311 South Twenty-second street, will be participated in by the Douglas county post of the American Legion. At Mt. Hope cemetery a legion firing squad and a bugler will officiate.
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California, U.S., Death Index, 1905-1939
Name: James J Gillen
Birth Year: abt 1885
Death Date: 31 Mar 1921
Age at Death: 36
Death Place: Alameda, California, USA
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U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940
Name: James John Gillen
Record Type: Military Service
Birth Date: 29 Jun 1884
Military Date: 20 Jun 1919
Residence Place: Omaha, Nebraska
Death Date: 31 Mar 1921
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Source: Funeral Notice from The Omaha World-Herald Newspaper, Omaha, Douglas County, NE, USA
April 7, 1921
Legion to Bury James J. Gillen
Funeral services for James J. Gillen, formerly of Omaha, who was electrocuted last week in Los Angeles while working at his trade there, will be held in Omaha Friday.
Gillen was an ex-serviceman, who served in France, Germany and Mexico. The funeral services here, which will be held at the home of his sister, Mrs. C. A. Peterson, 3311 South Twenty-second street, will be participated in by the Douglas county post of the American Legion. At Mt. Hope cemetery a legion firing squad and a bugler will officiate.
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California, U.S., Death Index, 1905-1939
Name: James J Gillen
Birth Year: abt 1885
Death Date: 31 Mar 1921
Age at Death: 36
Death Place: Alameda, California, USA
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U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940
Name: James John Gillen
Record Type: Military Service
Birth Date: 29 Jun 1884
Military Date: 20 Jun 1919
Residence Place: Omaha, Nebraska
Death Date: 31 Mar 1921
Gravesite Details
U.S. American Legion Headstone
Many of his wife's family (Welburns) are buried in Mount Hope.
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