Charles Edward MCCLURE

Charles McClure was born in 1929 in Murphysboro and had lived in Murphysboro his entire life. He leaves his mother, Mrs. Clara McClure of Murphysboro; and siblings, Mrs. Nadine Pitts and Mrs. Dorothy Spicer, both of Marseilles, Illinois, Mrs. Estelle Bricker of Quincy, Massachusetts, Seth A. McClure of Murphysboro and Pfc. Robert McClure, U.S. Army. He was a member of the National Guard unit in Carbondale and of the First Lutheran Church of Murphysboro. He was employed at the Brown Shoe Company plant in Murphysboro prior to military service. Charles entered military service in August of 1949. He served one year in Germany before being sent to Korea. Charles was killed in action in Korea in March of 1951. He was Murphysboro's first reported Korean war casualty. Source: Southern Illinoisan, Tuesday, October 23, 1951 PFC Charles Edward McClure Birth 6 Dec 1929 Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, USA Death 9 Mar 1951 (aged 21) Gangwon-do, South Korea Burial Pleasant Grove Memorial Park Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, USA Plot Section 5, Lot 613, Space 7 Memorial ID 105922726

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