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Personal info

Full name
CLARK, Stanley Victor
Date of birth
14 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Maine
Hometown
Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31320589
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
401st Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
South of Zetten, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 2 15

Immediate family

Members
George W. Clark (father)
Flora E. (Murdock) Clark (mother)
John Clark (brother)
Allen G. Clark (brother)
Alma L. Clark (sister)
Gerald E. Clark (brother)
Harold Clark (brother)
Ralph Clark (brother)
Mildred C. Clark (sister)
Ernstine D. Clark (sister)
Evelyn Clark (sister)
Percy Clark (brother)
Hazen Clark (brother)

More information

Pfc Stanley V. Clark enlisted in Portland, Maine on 16 March 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, the Netherlands on 22 October 1944. He was given his final resting place at Margraten on 2 February 1949.

The Clark family had five sons in the United States Army.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Clark Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.ww2-airborne.us, IDPF

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspaper.com, Amber Lauze