Staff Sergeant Clark was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in Korea during the last Marine battle of the war, called Boulder City, on July 27, 1953 and was presumed dead on July 27, 1954. His name is inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. Staff Sergeant Clark was awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Service Number 563385
Sgt. Clark was missing in action on the last day of the Korean War. He never came home.
I SUSPECT his parents were Vernal and Gladys Clark, both born in Nebraska about 1903. Furthermore, I SUSPECT he served in the US Army at a tender age during WWII or soon after. I have yet to prove either suspicion.
Service Number 563385
Sgt. Clark was missing in action on the last day of the Korean War. He never came home.
I SUSPECT his parents were Vernal and Gladys Clark, both born in Nebraska about 1903. Furthermore, I SUSPECT he served in the US Army at a tender age during WWII or soon after. I have yet to prove either suspicion.
Staff Sergeant Clark was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in Korea during the last Marine battle of the war, called Boulder City, on July 27, 1953 and was presumed dead on July 27, 1954. His name is inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. Staff Sergeant Clark was awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Service Number 563385
Sgt. Clark was missing in action on the last day of the Korean War. He never came home.
I SUSPECT his parents were Vernal and Gladys Clark, both born in Nebraska about 1903. Furthermore, I SUSPECT he served in the US Army at a tender age during WWII or soon after. I have yet to prove either suspicion.
Service Number 563385
Sgt. Clark was missing in action on the last day of the Korean War. He never came home.
I SUSPECT his parents were Vernal and Gladys Clark, both born in Nebraska about 1903. Furthermore, I SUSPECT he served in the US Army at a tender age during WWII or soon after. I have yet to prove either suspicion.
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A memorial stone honors Larry at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, California.
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