Lee Harvey Oswald

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Lee Harvey Oswald was a former U.S. Marine who is widely believed to have shot and killed President John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 1963, though his guilt has remained the subject of extensive controversy and conspiracy theories.

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instanceOf assassin
former United States Marine
human
allegedCrime assassination of John F. Kennedy
murder of Dallas police officer J. D. Tippit
arrestDate 1963-11-22
arrestedOnChargeOf murder of J. D. Tippit
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
surface form: murder of John F. Kennedy
attemptedDefectionTo Soviet Union
brother Robert Oswald
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1939-10-18
dateOfDeath 1963-11-24
deniedInvolvementIn assassination of John F. Kennedy
detainedBy Dallas Police Department
education attended various public schools in New Orleans and New York City
employer Texas School Book Depository
eventParticipatedIn assassination of John F. Kennedy
familyName Oswald
fullName Lee Harvey Oswald self-link
givenName Lee
ideology Marxism
pro-Castro sympathies
killedBy Jack Ruby
knownFor allegedly assassinating U.S. President John F. Kennedy
livedIn Soviet Union
mannerOfDeath homicide
middleName Harvey
militaryBranch United States Marine Corps
militaryRank Private First Class
mother Marguerite Frances Claverie
notableWork Fair Play for Cuba Committee leafleting in New Orleans
numberOfChildren 2
occupation warehouse worker
placeOfBirth New Orleans
surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
placeOfBurial Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
placeOfDeath Dallas, Texas
surface form: Dallas, Texas, United States
religion raised nominally Protestant
residence Dallas, Texas
surface form: Dallas, Texas, United States

Minsk
surface form: Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
returnedTo United States in 1962
selfDescription "a patsy"
serviceEnd 1959
serviceStart 1956
spouse Marina Nikolayevna Prusakova
Marina Oswald
subjectOf United States House Select Committee on Assassinations
surface form: United States House Select Committee on Assassinations investigation

Warren Commission
surface form: Warren Commission Report

numerous conspiracy theories regarding the Kennedy assassination

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Elm Street associatedWith Lee Harvey Oswald
subject surface form: Elm Street (Dallas)
Texas School Book Depository associatedWith Lee Harvey Oswald
Grassy Knoll associatedWithPerson Lee Harvey Oswald
Libra featuresCharacter Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald fullName Lee Harvey Oswald self-link
Killing of Lee Harvey Oswald hasVictim Lee Harvey Oswald
Libra mainSubject Lee Harvey Oswald
Libra protagonist Lee Harvey Oswald
Carcano rifle usedByPerson Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby victim Lee Harvey Oswald