Pearl T. Clapp born in Barnard and resided in Brattleboro, VT. He was a charter member and first Commander of Brattleboro Post #5.
He was a soldier in the Mexican conflict 1916. He was a 1LT in the Fuller Battery from 1889-1895.
He enlisted onJuly 27, 1915 enetered service on April 2, 1917 to the Machine Gun Comany 1st Vermont infantry to Aug.23, 1917. Comany E 101st Ammunition Train to Discharge on April 29,1919. Overseas 10/3/21917 to April 23,1919. Rank on discharge: Sergeant.
He was told to serve overseas he was too old, he persisted and insisted and Col. E.W. Gibson (from Brattleboro) gained permission to allow him to serve. Upon return from the war he remained with the Vermont National Guard until he was forced out due to age.
He headed as the delegation chairman the Vermont Legionnaires to the first Convention in St Louis ion May 1919. Because of that, and his unwavering dedication to The American Legions principles and policies, its programs and compassion for veterans, widows and orphans, he was named Past Department Commander at the 1927 Department Convention.
Employed in the Carpenter and Estey Organ factory and then A.V. Plumbing store.
He was a mail carrier in Brattleboro, retired in 1933.
Trustee for many years to the Vermont Veterans Home.
He made anavocation of rifle and pistol shooting and won many medals for excellence in marksmanship. He was a member of the Vermont National Guard Rifle team and was a sharpshooter at the National Tournament in Ohio where he won the Distinguished Marksman Medal by the US government.
He was a member of the All Souls Church in Brattleboro.
He died at the Vermont Veterans home July 13, 1938 and was buried Locust Ridge cemetery in Brattleboro.
