Contributor: Steven James Clark(47077092)
Jack Clark, decorated Army Veteran, reporter, and Instructor.
Jack Clark, 88, of apartmen 109 Granby Oaks, West Columbia, died in Forsyth, Forsyth County, Georgia, he was a son of the late Dr. Walter Edwin and Mrs. Amanda Thurmond Clark.
He was a Master Sergeant with more than 27 years continuous service and was regarded as one of the Army's ace court reporters and instructors of infantry subjects. He was among those to re-enlist at the local Army recruiting station recently. He was the oldest man in point of service in the Scranton district. He enlisted in 1917 and served in World War I with the Ninth Infanty, Second Division and the Army of Occupation of Germany. He served as instructor for the Texas National Guard in 1919.
He made warrant officer and chief clerk for the military governor of Hawaii after participating in the defense of Pearl Harbor. He remained in the Pacific, serving on the Solomon Islands until 1944. He was assigned to the Second Army as a reporter in Washington in 1945.
He was awarded the Workd War I Victory Ribbon with four bronze stars, American Defense Ribbon with one bronze star, Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon with one bronze, American Theater Ribbon and the Good Conduct Ribbon. He was a retired civil service employee.
Surviving are nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held at 4 pm today Union United Methodist Church cemetery, conducted by the Rev. John Shuler. Memorials may be made to the Union United Methodist Church cemetery fund. The family will receive friends from 2-2:30 pm today at Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia.
Published in The State Newspaper, Columbia, S. C. Friday September 18, 1987.
Jack Clark, decorated Army Veteran, reporter, and Instructor.
Jack Clark, 88, of apartmen 109 Granby Oaks, West Columbia, died in Forsyth, Forsyth County, Georgia, he was a son of the late Dr. Walter Edwin and Mrs. Amanda Thurmond Clark.
He was a Master Sergeant with more than 27 years continuous service and was regarded as one of the Army's ace court reporters and instructors of infantry subjects. He was among those to re-enlist at the local Army recruiting station recently. He was the oldest man in point of service in the Scranton district. He enlisted in 1917 and served in World War I with the Ninth Infanty, Second Division and the Army of Occupation of Germany. He served as instructor for the Texas National Guard in 1919.
He made warrant officer and chief clerk for the military governor of Hawaii after participating in the defense of Pearl Harbor. He remained in the Pacific, serving on the Solomon Islands until 1944. He was assigned to the Second Army as a reporter in Washington in 1945.
He was awarded the Workd War I Victory Ribbon with four bronze stars, American Defense Ribbon with one bronze star, Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon with one bronze, American Theater Ribbon and the Good Conduct Ribbon. He was a retired civil service employee.
Surviving are nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held at 4 pm today Union United Methodist Church cemetery, conducted by the Rev. John Shuler. Memorials may be made to the Union United Methodist Church cemetery fund. The family will receive friends from 2-2:30 pm today at Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia.
Published in The State Newspaper, Columbia, S. C. Friday September 18, 1987.
Contributor: Steven James Clark(47077092)
Jack Clark, decorated Army Veteran, reporter, and Instructor.
Jack Clark, 88, of apartmen 109 Granby Oaks, West Columbia, died in Forsyth, Forsyth County, Georgia, he was a son of the late Dr. Walter Edwin and Mrs. Amanda Thurmond Clark.
He was a Master Sergeant with more than 27 years continuous service and was regarded as one of the Army's ace court reporters and instructors of infantry subjects. He was among those to re-enlist at the local Army recruiting station recently. He was the oldest man in point of service in the Scranton district. He enlisted in 1917 and served in World War I with the Ninth Infanty, Second Division and the Army of Occupation of Germany. He served as instructor for the Texas National Guard in 1919.
He made warrant officer and chief clerk for the military governor of Hawaii after participating in the defense of Pearl Harbor. He remained in the Pacific, serving on the Solomon Islands until 1944. He was assigned to the Second Army as a reporter in Washington in 1945.
He was awarded the Workd War I Victory Ribbon with four bronze stars, American Defense Ribbon with one bronze star, Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon with one bronze, American Theater Ribbon and the Good Conduct Ribbon. He was a retired civil service employee.
Surviving are nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held at 4 pm today Union United Methodist Church cemetery, conducted by the Rev. John Shuler. Memorials may be made to the Union United Methodist Church cemetery fund. The family will receive friends from 2-2:30 pm today at Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia.
Published in The State Newspaper, Columbia, S. C. Friday September 18, 1987.
Jack Clark, decorated Army Veteran, reporter, and Instructor.
Jack Clark, 88, of apartmen 109 Granby Oaks, West Columbia, died in Forsyth, Forsyth County, Georgia, he was a son of the late Dr. Walter Edwin and Mrs. Amanda Thurmond Clark.
He was a Master Sergeant with more than 27 years continuous service and was regarded as one of the Army's ace court reporters and instructors of infantry subjects. He was among those to re-enlist at the local Army recruiting station recently. He was the oldest man in point of service in the Scranton district. He enlisted in 1917 and served in World War I with the Ninth Infanty, Second Division and the Army of Occupation of Germany. He served as instructor for the Texas National Guard in 1919.
He made warrant officer and chief clerk for the military governor of Hawaii after participating in the defense of Pearl Harbor. He remained in the Pacific, serving on the Solomon Islands until 1944. He was assigned to the Second Army as a reporter in Washington in 1945.
He was awarded the Workd War I Victory Ribbon with four bronze stars, American Defense Ribbon with one bronze star, Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon with one bronze, American Theater Ribbon and the Good Conduct Ribbon. He was a retired civil service employee.
Surviving are nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held at 4 pm today Union United Methodist Church cemetery, conducted by the Rev. John Shuler. Memorials may be made to the Union United Methodist Church cemetery fund. The family will receive friends from 2-2:30 pm today at Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia.
Published in The State Newspaper, Columbia, S. C. Friday September 18, 1987.
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