Lt. (jg) John Arthur Clapp, MD
Born: 13 August 1914 – Clinton, Iowa
– the family lived in Chicago in 1920
– living in Boone, Iowa, in 1925
– the family moved to Maywood, Illinois, before John started high school
Parents: Arthur L. Clapp and Emma J. Skinner-Clapp
– mother died in 1936
Siblings: 1 sister
Home:
– 509 South Sixth Avenue, Maywood, Illinois
Education:
– Clinton Public Schools
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1932
– University of Illinois
– Bachelor of Science – 1936
– University of Illinois Medical School
– Class of 1942
Selective Service Registration: 16 October 1940
Contact Person: Mrs. Douglas W. Vernon – sister
– medical student when he registered
Enlisted:
– U. S. Naval Reserve
– Illinois – tombstone lists Iowa
Wife: Dorothy Ruth Clapp
– 3420 West 66th Place, Chicago, Illinois
Serial Number: O-131422
Training:
– Great Lakes Naval Training Center – Great Lakes, Illinois
– Naval Hospital – Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
– Camp Linda Vista, California
Rank: Lieutenant (junior grade)
Unit: Medical Corps – Attached to the 3rd Marine Division
Engagements:
– Battle of Bougainville
– Battle of Guam
Killed in Action:
– 21 July 1944 – Battle of Guam
– hit by enemy fire
Buried:
– Guam #2 AGAT – Marianas Islands
Reburied:
– 17 March 1949
– National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific- Honolulu, Hawaii
– Plot: F Grave: 436
