Mervyn John Kirkman, b: Private -

^{1999 Panama Canal turned over to Panama}
^{2001 Terrorists destroy WTC towers}

^{1969 Armstrong first person on the moon}
^{1973 US launches Skylab space station}
^{1981 Columbia is first space shuttle}
^{1991 Persian Gulf War}
^{1992 Trade Pact, US, Canada, Mexico}

^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}


		^{Mervyn John Kirkman}^{b.1921 Visalia, Tulare, California d.1966 Visalia, Tulare, California}

	^{Stephan Hearne Kirkman}^{b. Private d.}	^{Vivian Earline Jordan}^{b.1920 Modesto, California d.2005 Fresno, California}

^{Mervyn John Kirkman}^{b. Private d.}

	^{Shirley Ann Powers}^{b. d.}





^Jenny^{b. d.}