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Personal info

Full name
CLARK, Gilbert Walker
Date of birth
10 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
North Carolina
Hometown
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
O-835735
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
367th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 February 1945
Place of death
Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 35 23

Immediate family

Members
Gilbert W. Clark (father)
Bessie (Gold) Clark (mother)
Julia G. Clark (sister)
Ruth S. (Wallace) Clark (sister)
James J. Clark (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
43-38407
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard Tempelhof
MACR: 12218

More information

Gilbert Clark attended college for one year and was an accountant.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Charlotte, North Carolina on 9 February 1942.

The aircraft received a direct flak hit in the left wing. The wing broke off and the aircraft went down in flames.

Seven crew members were killed, two men survived and were taken prisoner.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920 census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, http://www.cmstory.org/content/clark-gilbert-walker-second-lieutenant - Charlotte Mecklenburg Library / The Charlotte News

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, http://www.cmstory.org/content/clark-gilbert-walker-second-lieutenant - Charlotte Mecklenburg Library / The Charlotte News