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Promoted To Sergeant --- William E, Clark,
Covington, has been promoted to Sergeant. The son of William
Clark, 28 Latonia Terrace, Covington, he enlisted September 9, 1940.
[The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH,
Saturday, April 19,. 1942, Kentucky Edition, Page 2]
First Sgt. William
E. Clark, 22.So of Mr.. and Mrs. William Clark, 28 Latonia
Terrace, Covington, has been missing in action in France since June
11, his parents were notified yesterday. His wife lives in
Columbus, Ga. A paratrooper, Sergeant Clark enlisted in the
Army in 1940 and was stationed in Ireland before the invasion.
He was a member of the CCC before joining the Army.
[The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH, Friday,
July 28,.1944, Page 6]
GRAY: William Eugene Clark, 85, of Arnold Drive, died Thursday, October 25, 2007, in a local hospital.
Graveside services will be held at 3:00pm, CDT, Sunday, October 28, 2007, at Rose Hill Cemetery in Columbia, Tennessee.
Mr. Clark, the son of the late William Ralph Clark and Catherine Elizabeth Lowery/
Clark, was born on January 16, 1922, in Covington and had lived in Macon for the past forty-six years.
He served his country with honor during World War II as a member of the United States Army's 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, the famed Red Devils of the 82nd All-American Airborne Division. During his service, Mr. Clark earned the rank of First Sergeant, trained many of the other paratroopers and jumped into Normandy on D-Day. He was captured on June 14, 1944, and spent eleven months as a prisoner of war.
Upon his return to civilian life, he was the manager of the Public Works Department for the City of Macon and was a Methodist by faith.
Mr. Clark was preceded in death by his wife: Betty Eskew Clark and by a son: William David Clark.
Mr. Clark is survived by his sons: Marshall E. Clark of Round Oak, Danny Clark of Cochran and Wallace Clark of Wilmington, North Carolina; and by two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Bridges Funeral Home in Gray has charge of arrangements. |
 Grave marker for
William E. and Betty E. Clark in Block I of Rose Hill Cemetery,
Columbia (Maury county), Tennessee.
William
enlisted in the Army at Ft Thomas, Newport, KY on 9 September 1940
and was a forerunner in joining the parachutist ranks.
On 20 October, already a Staff Sergeant, Bill was
transferred from the 507th PIR as a cadre member to kick start the
508th which was being activated that same day.
SSgt Clark was initially placed in Company B but
was transferred to Company A on 4 November 1942. By September
the following year he had been made the 1st Sergeant of Company A.
He retained that rank throughout his service career.
1st Sgt Clark participated in the jump into
Normandy on D-Day but by D+5 he had been captured by the Germans and
listed in the Company A Morning Reports as MI.
Bill was liberated from Stalag 3C after the war
ended. His military decorations include the Combat Infantryman
Badge for action during Normandy, France Campaign. |
