PFC Clarence Richard Van Pelt

Clarence Richard Van Pelt was born on 23 Nov 1900 and died on 29 Apr 1952. Enlisted 5 Jun 1917; Co. C, 111th, Mach. Gun Batt. (29th Div written in); discharged 22 Dec 1920, Hon.; serial # 1283008; NJ/PFC. Burial was in Cedar Hill, Hightstown, NJ. The applicant was A. S. Cole Son & Co., Main St., Cranbury, NJ. The marker is a flat granite with a Christian emblem. [Veteran US Headstone Application, 5 May 1952]
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Contributed by Ellen Johnson:
Born NJ; died Hightstown, NJ. Husband of Cornelia Totten Van Pelt. He died of a heart attack when an air raid siren went off at his workplace, the Hightstown Rug Company.