William J. Clark
Rank: Sergeant, U.S. Army
Unit: 187th Airborne Infantry Regimental Combat Team
Hometown: Barrington, New Jersey
Born: 1922
Died: , Killed in Action, South Korea
Awards: Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Presidential Unit Citation, Republic of Korea War Service Medal
Sergeant William J. Clark was born in 1922. He had formerly lived at 507 Royden Street in Camden, NJ. Sergeant Clark was a member of the 187th Airborne Infantry Regimental Combat Team. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on February 14, 1951. He was a veteran of nine years in the Army, including service in the 82d and 17th Airborne Divisions as a paratrooper in Europe during World War II.
Rites Wednesday For Korea Hero
Camden Courier-Post —
Solemn requiem Mass will be celebrated at 9.30 a.m. Wednesday at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Third and Reed streets, Philadelphia, for Sgt. William J. Clark, formerly of 507 Royden street, Camden. Burial will be in New Cathedral cemetery, Philadelphia.
Sergeant Clark, a member of the 187th Regimental Combat Team, was killed in action in Korea last February. He was a veteran of nine years in the Army, including service in the 82d and 17th Airborne Divisions as a paratrooper in Europe during World War II.
Surviving are his wife, Christina M. and two sons, George G. and William J. Jr., of Barrington; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Clark, of Philadelphia; four sisters, Mrs. Hubert Woods and Miss Cecilia Clark, of 525 Bailey street; Mrs. Robert Wressig, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Thomas Patterson, of Chicago, and two brothers, Joseph Clark and Pfc. J. C. Clark Jr., of Philadelphia, who acted as an Army escort for his brother’s body while returning to the United States on rotation from Korea after 14 months service there with the 27th Infantry Regiment.
Sergeant Clark was a nephew of Mrs. Sam Laird, 110 East Pine street, Audubon.
Friends may call Tuesday evening at Oliver H. Bair’s, 1820 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.