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Personal info

Full name
CLARK, Robert Jay
Date of birth
22 October 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Paris, Edgar County, Illinois
Hometown
Paris, Edgar County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36652080
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 October 1944
Place of death
Near Fôret-de-Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 9 10

Immediate family

Members
Clarence A. Clark (father)
Flossie P. (Kees) Clark (mother)
Mary L. Clark (sister)
Jack B. Clark (brother)
Martha J. Clark (sister)
George F. Clark (brother)
Donald L. Clark (brother)
Beverly J. Clark (sister)

More information

Pvt Robert J. Clark was enlisted on 25 March 1943.
His brother George F. Clark was killed in action on 7 December 1941 in Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Vega Clark Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com – Samantha Feldman