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Show first Utah Casualty in Korea i k . I : ' ( $ PRIVATE GLEN R. ELDER Twitchell, Cannonville, Utah; Mrs. Fenr Anderson, Murray; Mrs. Rhea McCormick and Mrs. Eva Brad-field, Brad-field, Delta; Mrs. Ruby Skeem, O-asis, O-asis, and Mrs. Emily Justesen, of Oak City. Private Elder was the youngest child and only son in his family. Since the word came of his death, in addition to expressions of sympathy sym-pathy from friends, Mr. and Mrs. Elder have had many letters from all over the state from persons heretofore unknown to them, offering of-fering their sympathy. Private Glen R. Elder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Parley Elder of Oak City, was the first Utah casualty reported from Korea.He was killed in action July 11, according to the telegram received July 18 by his parents. A letter from Gen. Douglas MacArthur was received by the parents this week. The young man was born in Oak City January 12, 1931. He was in his junior year at Delta high school when he enlisted in the army ar-my in January, 1948. Dean Sampson Samp-son of Delta enlisted at the same time, and the young men were to-i to-i gether for basic training at Fort Ord, Cal., for three mnoths. When they went overseas in June, 1948, Glen went to Japan and Dean to Korea, Dean returned home a month ago. In his last letter home Glen had told his parents that they were starting home, and expected to land in the United States July 20. He said he would be home for the 24th. It was after that orders were changed and Glen was sent to Korea. He was with the Third Engineers En-gineers Combat Battalion, U. S. Array. One week after U. S. troops entered Korea he was killed. Surviving are his parents in Oak City, and six sisters: Mrs. Audrey |