
MOUNT ZION, Ill. — Funeral services for Army Cpl. Karen Nicole Clifton, 22, will be held June 30 at the Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home here, family members announced June 28.
Clifton — who died June 21 in Baghdad, Iraq of wounds suffered when her vehicle was hit with a rocket propelled grenade — will be buried with full military honors at Point Pleasant Cemetery in Long Creek.
A native of Mount Zion, Clifton moved to Lehigh Acres, Fla., to finish high school and enlisted in the Army from there, said Elizabeth Austin, a spokeswoman for Illinois Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn. Clifton’s parents and other family members still live in the Mount Zion area, Austin...