Elmer Grant Greenup was born February 20, 1878 in Forest City, Hancock, Iowa, the first child of William and Laura (Hennis) Greenup.
He was a career military man having first joined the Army in January 1905. He was discharged February 1, 1908, then promptly re-enlisted and discharged March 5, 1914 in New York. He enlisted a third time, and in the 1920 census he was stationed at Fort Amador, U S Military Forces, Panama Canal Zone.
He served with Battery F, Sixty-second Coast Artillery in New York, where he died on November 12, 1930, at the age of 52.
Upon his death, George Harvey applied for a military headstone for him. The application states Elmer served in Battery F of the 62nd C.A. His headstone was shipped to the Edgar M. Boyd, Post 37, American Legion, in Williston, ND.
Body of Corporal Sent to Relatives
Funeral services were conducted this afternoon in the post chapel at Fort Totten for Corporal Elmer G. Greenup of Battery F, Sixty-second Coast Artillery Corps, whose body was found Tuesday in the woods near 162nd street and Fifteenth avenue, Beechhurst.
The services were conducted by Major Frank H. Hayes, chaplain at the fort. Following the brief services, the body was prepared by M. A. Gleason, Flushing and Whitestone funeral director to be sent to Alexander, N.D. for burial.
Corporal Greenup was in his fifth-third year. He enlisted in the Army twenty-four years ago from his home in Elmhurst, Cal.
Relatives in North Dakota have wired arrangements for burial there. Daily Star, Long Island City, November 20, 1930
He was a career military man having first joined the Army in January 1905. He was discharged February 1, 1908, then promptly re-enlisted and discharged March 5, 1914 in New York. He enlisted a third time, and in the 1920 census he was stationed at Fort Amador, U S Military Forces, Panama Canal Zone.
He served with Battery F, Sixty-second Coast Artillery in New York, where he died on November 12, 1930, at the age of 52.
Upon his death, George Harvey applied for a military headstone for him. The application states Elmer served in Battery F of the 62nd C.A. His headstone was shipped to the Edgar M. Boyd, Post 37, American Legion, in Williston, ND.
Body of Corporal Sent to Relatives
Funeral services were conducted this afternoon in the post chapel at Fort Totten for Corporal Elmer G. Greenup of Battery F, Sixty-second Coast Artillery Corps, whose body was found Tuesday in the woods near 162nd street and Fifteenth avenue, Beechhurst.
The services were conducted by Major Frank H. Hayes, chaplain at the fort. Following the brief services, the body was prepared by M. A. Gleason, Flushing and Whitestone funeral director to be sent to Alexander, N.D. for burial.
Corporal Greenup was in his fifth-third year. He enlisted in the Army twenty-four years ago from his home in Elmhurst, Cal.
Relatives in North Dakota have wired arrangements for burial there. Daily Star, Long Island City, November 20, 1930
Elmer Grant Greenup was born February 20, 1878 in Forest City, Hancock, Iowa, the first child of William and Laura (Hennis) Greenup.
He was a career military man having first joined the Army in January 1905. He was discharged February 1, 1908, then promptly re-enlisted and discharged March 5, 1914 in New York. He enlisted a third time, and in the 1920 census he was stationed at Fort Amador, U S Military Forces, Panama Canal Zone.
He served with Battery F, Sixty-second Coast Artillery in New York, where he died on November 12, 1930, at the age of 52.
Upon his death, George Harvey applied for a military headstone for him. The application states Elmer served in Battery F of the 62nd C.A. His headstone was shipped to the Edgar M. Boyd, Post 37, American Legion, in Williston, ND.
Body of Corporal Sent to Relatives
Funeral services were conducted this afternoon in the post chapel at Fort Totten for Corporal Elmer G. Greenup of Battery F, Sixty-second Coast Artillery Corps, whose body was found Tuesday in the woods near 162nd street and Fifteenth avenue, Beechhurst.
The services were conducted by Major Frank H. Hayes, chaplain at the fort. Following the brief services, the body was prepared by M. A. Gleason, Flushing and Whitestone funeral director to be sent to Alexander, N.D. for burial.
Corporal Greenup was in his fifth-third year. He enlisted in the Army twenty-four years ago from his home in Elmhurst, Cal.
Relatives in North Dakota have wired arrangements for burial there. Daily Star, Long Island City, November 20, 1930
He was a career military man having first joined the Army in January 1905. He was discharged February 1, 1908, then promptly re-enlisted and discharged March 5, 1914 in New York. He enlisted a third time, and in the 1920 census he was stationed at Fort Amador, U S Military Forces, Panama Canal Zone.
He served with Battery F, Sixty-second Coast Artillery in New York, where he died on November 12, 1930, at the age of 52.
Upon his death, George Harvey applied for a military headstone for him. The application states Elmer served in Battery F of the 62nd C.A. His headstone was shipped to the Edgar M. Boyd, Post 37, American Legion, in Williston, ND.
Body of Corporal Sent to Relatives
Funeral services were conducted this afternoon in the post chapel at Fort Totten for Corporal Elmer G. Greenup of Battery F, Sixty-second Coast Artillery Corps, whose body was found Tuesday in the woods near 162nd street and Fifteenth avenue, Beechhurst.
The services were conducted by Major Frank H. Hayes, chaplain at the fort. Following the brief services, the body was prepared by M. A. Gleason, Flushing and Whitestone funeral director to be sent to Alexander, N.D. for burial.
Corporal Greenup was in his fifth-third year. He enlisted in the Army twenty-four years ago from his home in Elmhurst, Cal.
Relatives in North Dakota have wired arrangements for burial there. Daily Star, Long Island City, November 20, 1930
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