Cpl. Clyde R. Clifford, 20, of Elkhart, was reported Missing in Action on July 26, 1950 in Korea. The Elkhart native was born December 9, 1929, one of ten children of Temple & Lucille (Turner) Clifford. Clyde served his country with honor in the US Army and entered active duty in January 1949. On August 19, 1950, Clyde''s mother & father received the devastating news via the Battle Casualty Report, the notification that her son was missing in action. On December 31, 1953, with no information to support the presumption of survival, Clyde was officially declared dead by the Department of the Army and was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart. For the remainder of her life, Lucille Clifford held on to the hope that her son was somehow and somewhere alive and that someday would be found and return home. She never arranged funeral services. After Lucille''s death, her daughter and Clyde''s sister, Nancy Lanthier, the last surviving sibling, vowed to give her brother the recognition he deserved, by arranging a memorial service to honor his life and his service to his country. Unfortunately, a terminal diagnosis did not allow this to happen. One of Nancy''s final requests to her Hospice counselor was to help insure that Clyde was recognized and received a proper memorial. When Hospice reached out to the staff at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home for guidance, the process was finally set in motion, 67 years after his death, to give United States Army Cpl. Clyde Clifford, the recognition and memorialization that is indisputably deserved. On Saturday November 18, 2017 at 11:00, Chaplain James Fischer from Heartland Hospice will officiate a memorial service to be held in the Chapel of the Good Shepherd at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, 10865 Jefferson Rd, with full military honors provided by the US Army, with several local veterans groups participating. In addition to his parents, Clyde''s siblings, Nancy Lanthier, Zula Peggy'' Yoder, Jo Ann Miller, Zora Clifford, Mary Kesler, Lois Hardy, Temple Clifford, Jr. Jack B. Clifford and James Clifford, have all preceded (his memorial service) in death. Surviving are many nieces & nephews and great-nieces & nephews. A bronze plaque has been prominently and permanently placed in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, at the Veterans Garden Mausoleum. The memorial service is open to the public and all are invited to attend. Arrangements provided through Chapel Hill Funeral Home, 10776 McKinley Hwy. If you would like to share a tribute to Clyde, please visit www.chapelhillmemorial.com.