Obituaries for David Clear of the Clear Family

David Clear: Obituaries

KOREAN BATTLE VICTIM: Army Cpl. David F. Clear, 24 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clifford Clear, Sr., of R.D. 1 Birch Run, is reported as having been killed in action in Korea October 14, 1950. The Defense Department message reporting him dead followed by several weeks one in which he was reported missing in action. Cpl. Clear enlisted in 1949, and was with the First Cavalry Division. He was a veteran of World War 2.

He leaves his parents, two brothers, Charles C. Clear Jr., in the Navy, and Burton, at home. Six sisters, Mrs. Julia Coleman of Chesaning. Mrs. Caroline Burns of Cheboygan, Michigan, Mrs. Margaret Savinski of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Mrs. Goldie Hoover of Chelsea, Michigan, Mrs. Belva Sheppard of Saginaw, and Norma, at home.

DAVID CLEAR IS KILLED WHILE FIGHTING IN KOREA:

David Clear, a former Hebron Township resident, was killed in action in Korea, according to word received by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Clear, who now live at Birch Run. He was killed on October 14. The young soldier was a veteran of World War II. He was a military policeman in the Army, serving in Okinawa and Japan. On April 11, 1949, he re-enlisted in the Army and was stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He came home on a 30 day pre-embarcation furlough in June, and then was transferred to Korea. He was 23 years old. Besides his parents, he is survived by six sisters and two brothers; Julia Coleman of Chesaning, Caroline Burns of Cheboygan, Margaret Savinski of Sheboygan, Wisconsin,Goldie of Chelsea, Belva of Saginaw, Clifford in the Navy, and Norma and Burton at home. The Clear family is well known here, living in Hebron Township until recently. David's death is mourned by many friends in this county.

FIRST MILTARY FUNERAL OF KOREAN WAR TODAY

With sad solemnity, with the cadenced words of the Bible and the crack of rifles Birch Run conducted its first military funeral since the Korean War. The community thus paid tribute to Corporal David F. Clear, the first man in this area to die in the hot war against Communism. The 24 year old man had been in the Army four years. He went to Korea early in 1950 and in the bloody fighting of last October he was listed as missing in action on October 13. The following day his body was found.

It wasn't until the bleak days of January that his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Clear, East Canada Road, received the sad news officially. The Rev. W. H. Clark officiated at services at Klein Funeral Home this afternoon and Veterans of Foreign Wars, Birch Run Post 7542 conducted the military rites. Burial was in the Forest Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw. Among the mourners was Seaman Charles Clear, brother of the dead soldier. Seaman Clear arrived home on emergency furlough from Newport, Rhode Island. He is serving aboard the USS Yosemite.

CPL. DAVID CLEAR FIRST TO DIE IN KOREAN WAR FROM BIRCH RUN

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Clear of East Canada Road received a telegram Saturday from the U.S. War Department that their son, Cpl. David Clear had been killed in action in Korea on October 14, 1950, He was 24 years old. He had been reported missing in action on October 13. He had been in the Army four years and transferred to duty in Korea in 1950. He is the first victim from Birch Run. The Clears have one other son in the Navy, 1st Class Charles Clifford Clear, 18 years old. Mr. and Mrs. Clear have six daughters and two sons: Julia Coleman, Chesaning. Mrs. Caroline Burns, Cheboygan, Mich. Mrs. Margaret Savinski, Sheboygan, Wis., Mrs. Goldie Hoover, Chelsea, Mich., Belva of Saginaw, Clifford in the Navy, and Norma and Burton at home.