Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Plant, Claude Jr. Lt. September 18, 1944 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Patricia Currigan Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net January 2, 2022, 7:30 am Portland Revue & Observer-March 7, 1944 LT. PLANT NOW LISTED AS DEAD, MISSING 17 MOS. Former Portland young Man was Shot Down While Serving in Pacific The Navy department reported Wednesday, according to AP dispatches the Lt. (jg) Claude W. Plant Jr., previously reported as missing in action, is now listed as dead. Lt. Plant, the son of Mr and Mrs Claude Plant Sr., of this village, was a gradate of Portland High school. Lt. (jg) CLAUDE PLANT Jr. Lt. Plant had been given the permanent and temporary citation for the air medal, the distinguished flying cross, the silver star award. He was reported missing in action September 18, 1944, while serving with the Naval Airforce in theh Pacific. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/p/plant41783nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb