Services were conducted on Saturday afternoon, at the Methodist Church for Sgt. Clair R. Buckingham, 27, who died at the Veterans hospital in Hines, Ill. , Sept 7. He had been ill for nine months. His death was due to complications from an injury to his side which he sustained when he rolled off a truck at Camp Barkley, Texas.
Clair entered the Army April 2, 1942. In January he underwent an operation for the removal of a tumor. He had spent time in several military hospitals. His mother Katie (Ottis) Buckingham was with him at the time of his passing.
Clair was born at Carlyle, Mont, on August 30, 1916. He was eight years old when the family moved to Princeton, where his parents still reside. For 18 months before he joined the Army, he was employed by the Archer Daniels Milling company in St Paul.
Besides his parents Ottis and Katie Umbehocker Buckingham, Clair is survived by his brothers; Sergeant Bernard, who is in Sicilly, Merril and Duran, of Princeton.
He was buried at Oak Knoll Cemetery, with Military Honors.
Clair entered the Army April 2, 1942. In January he underwent an operation for the removal of a tumor. He had spent time in several military hospitals. His mother Katie (Ottis) Buckingham was with him at the time of his passing.
Clair was born at Carlyle, Mont, on August 30, 1916. He was eight years old when the family moved to Princeton, where his parents still reside. For 18 months before he joined the Army, he was employed by the Archer Daniels Milling company in St Paul.
Besides his parents Ottis and Katie Umbehocker Buckingham, Clair is survived by his brothers; Sergeant Bernard, who is in Sicilly, Merril and Duran, of Princeton.
He was buried at Oak Knoll Cemetery, with Military Honors.
Services were conducted on Saturday afternoon, at the Methodist Church for Sgt. Clair R. Buckingham, 27, who died at the Veterans hospital in Hines, Ill. , Sept 7. He had been ill for nine months. His death was due to complications from an injury to his side which he sustained when he rolled off a truck at Camp Barkley, Texas.
Clair entered the Army April 2, 1942. In January he underwent an operation for the removal of a tumor. He had spent time in several military hospitals. His mother Katie (Ottis) Buckingham was with him at the time of his passing.
Clair was born at Carlyle, Mont, on August 30, 1916. He was eight years old when the family moved to Princeton, where his parents still reside. For 18 months before he joined the Army, he was employed by the Archer Daniels Milling company in St Paul.
Besides his parents Ottis and Katie Umbehocker Buckingham, Clair is survived by his brothers; Sergeant Bernard, who is in Sicilly, Merril and Duran, of Princeton.
He was buried at Oak Knoll Cemetery, with Military Honors.
Clair entered the Army April 2, 1942. In January he underwent an operation for the removal of a tumor. He had spent time in several military hospitals. His mother Katie (Ottis) Buckingham was with him at the time of his passing.
Clair was born at Carlyle, Mont, on August 30, 1916. He was eight years old when the family moved to Princeton, where his parents still reside. For 18 months before he joined the Army, he was employed by the Archer Daniels Milling company in St Paul.
Besides his parents Ottis and Katie Umbehocker Buckingham, Clair is survived by his brothers; Sergeant Bernard, who is in Sicilly, Merril and Duran, of Princeton.
He was buried at Oak Knoll Cemetery, with Military Honors.
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