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Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn
11 Jul 1964
Colbert, GA
A model Army officer and Washington, DC, educator, Lemuel Penn, 48, was gunned down by Georgia Klansmen as he drove home from summer reserve training at Fort Benning.
He was a victim of random violence by white supremacists outraged by a civil rights law signed by President Lyndon Johnson nine days earlier. |