VETERAN
Robert Eugene Birch
January 26, 1929 – March 15, 2023
Lived 94 years
Skaggs Creek Cemetery · Tompkinsville, KY
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1929
Born January 26
1939
Robert was 10 when "The Wizard of Oz" opened in theaters
1948
Robert was 19 when Truman ordered the armed forces desegregated
1950
Robert was 21 when the Korean War began
1962
Robert was 33 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1971
Robert was 42 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1982
Robert was 53 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1998
Robert was 69 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2005
Robert was 76 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2015
Robert was 86 when "Hamilton" opened on Broadway
2022
Robert was 93 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne
2023
Passed away March 15, age 94
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