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Show Home For Burial i .. -' & . : . ' r ' ' 'r" ,1 -r , X--. . " r--- " I PfC GLEN R. ELDER The body of Pfc. Glen R. Elder is being returned home for burial, according to word received this week by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Parley Elder at Oak City. The body is on the water at this time. The exact date of arrival in Delta is not know yet. It is expected ex-pected to be within the next week. Graveside services in Oak City cemetery will be held the same day that the body arrives, under military escort. Military honors will be accorded the young veteran veter-an by Arthur L. Cahoon Post 89 and Theo Que Jensen Post 117, American Legion. Glen R. Elder was killed in action ac-tion in Korea July 11, 1950, and was the first casualty reported for Utah. He had enlisted in January, 1948, and after training at Fort Ord, Cal. had gone overseas in June, 1948. He was serving in Japan Ja-pan at the outbreak of hostilities in Korea, and was among the first troops sent there. He was in. the Third Engineers Combat Battalion. He was born Jan. 12, 1931 in Oak City, the youngest child and only son of the family of seven. He was attending Delta high school when he enlisted. He was 19 years old at the time of his death. Surviving are his parents and six sisters, Mrs. Audrey Twitchell, Cannonville, Mrs. Fern Anderson, Murray, Mrs. Rhea McCormick, in Delta; Mrs. Eva Bradfield, Leamington; Leam-ington; Mrs. Ruby Skeem Oasis; and Mrs. Emily Justesen, Oak City. Deep sympathy is with the bereaved be-reaved family, and tribute is paid to the young soldier who gave his life in the service of his country. |