Sergeant John D. Clark, POW

Sergeant John D. Clark, POW US Army. He was the son of Mrs. Etta Clark; and the brother of Sergeant Lonnie V. Clark. He entered the US army on November 25, 1940 from the Texas National Guard at the time he was a Private. He sailed for the Pacific on November 21, 1941; he served with F Battery, 131st Field Artillery; 36th Infantry Division. He was member of “Lost Battalion;” captured by the Japaneses on Java on March 8, 1942; He was held in a POW camp in Thailand he was liberated on September 5, 1945; he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal.

 

1- Service Book Jack County Texas  Second World War 1941 – 1945 

2- https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=2212&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=F&q=20814127&bc=&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=5450

3- https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=F&q=20814127&bc=&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=2070956

4- https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=F&q=20814127&bc=&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=127722