David Halberstam (1934 - 2007)

Born 10 Apr 1934 in New York City, New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 23 Apr 2007 at age 73 in Menlo Park, San Mateo, California, United States

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Biography

David Halberstam is Notable.

David Halberstam was the son of Charles and Blanche Levy Halberstam. He was a journalist and historian, and a giant on the subject of the United States involvement in Vietnam, particularly during the presidential administration of John F. Kennedy.

His father Charles was a surgeon and served in the United States Army. He moved from post to post throughout World War II, taking the family in tow. ^[1][2]

He married his second wife, Jean Sandness Butler, in 1979.^[3]

Burial^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Academy of Achievement. "David Halberstam." 26 Nov 2007. Archive.org Wayback Machine. 13 Nov 2017. [1].
2. ↑ "Author-Physician Fatally Shot In Washington Home," The Sunday News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware) 7 Dec 1980: C-13. Print.
3. ↑ The Guardian, US Edition, 24 Apr 2007, [2], Accessed 13 Jan 2020
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19064897/david-halberstam : accessed 15 February 2022), memorial page for David Halberstam (10 Apr 1934–23 Apr 2007), Find A Grave: Memorial #19064897, citing Prospect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave .

See also:

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQBJ-6QB : accessed 15 November 2017), David Holberstam in household of Charles Holberstam, Assembly District 2, Bronx, New York City, Bronx, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 3-129, sheet 8B, line 44, family 180, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2463.
• Wikipedia:David Halberstam