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Elmer Grant Greenup

Birth	:	20 Feb 1878 Hancock County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	12 Nov 1930 Beechhurst, Queens County, New York, USA
Burial	:	Vigil Cemetery, Vigil, Las Animas County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.1480200, -104.8938590
Inscription	:	CORP 62 REGT COAST ARTY
Description	:	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,... Read More	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

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Elmer Grant Greenup's memorial is located at: Vigil Cemetery, Vigil, Las Animas County, USA.
When did Elmer Grant Greenup death?
Elmer Grant Greenup death on 12 Nov 1930 in Beechhurst, Queens County, New York, USA
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Latitude: 37.1480200
Longitude: -104.8938590

Family Members:

Parent

William Allen Greenup

(1856 - 1947)

Laura Florence Hennis Greenup

(1860 - 1948)

Siblings

John Wesley Redfield Greenup

(1890 - 1966)

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