NORTHUP, Clair: Died 1944

NORTHUP

Posted By: Volunteer: Sherri
Date: 11/4/2013 at 14:19:13

Clair Northup, Selma, Killed In Action
**Handwritten: July 1944

SELMA.-Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Northup have been notified by the war department that their son, Clair Northup, marine, was recently killed in action. He entered service in the spring of 1942 and went overseas soon after completing his boot training at San Diego, Calif. He was a veteran of the fighting in the southwest Pacific area.

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book C, Page 311, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA