World War II Honoree

Charles W. Clark

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Cleveland, Ohio

Honored By

Rita Clark

Relationship

Wife

ENLISTED AND ENTERED INTO ACTIVE SERVICE NOVEMBER 6, 1942. TOTAL LENGTH OF MILITARY SERVICE WAS THREE YEARS, ONE MONTH AND FOURTEEN DAYS. HIGHEST RANK/RATING HELD WAS AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE THIRD CLASS. SERVICE ASSIGNMENTS: U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS; NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, WASHINGTON; UTILITY SQUADRON NINE; UTILITY SQUADRON TWO; COMBAT AIRCRAFT SERVICE UNIT 70; COMBAT AIRCRAFT SERVICE UNIT 6; NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER, NAVY PIER, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. MILITARY SERVICE NUMBER 615-58-52. MILITARY SERVICE: NEW CALEDONIA, NEW HEBRIDES, DUTCH NEW GUINEA AND MANUS (SOUTH PACIFIC) 1943 TO 1945, WHILE STATIONED WITH LAND-BASED SQUADRONS. RECEVED THE AMERICAN AREA MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN RIBBON, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. SEPARATED FROM SERVICE ON JANUARY 19, 1946. HONORABLE DISCHARGE.