World War II Honoree

Homer Davis Clark

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Clyde, North Carolina

Honored By

Bill, Janice, Linda, Jerry & Les

Relationship

Daughters & Sons

STAFF SERGEANT, 3RD PLATOON, F COMPANY, 117TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 30TH DIVISION. LANDED AT OMAHA BEACH FOR THE NORMANDY INVASION; JUNE 12, 1944. CAME ASHORE ON LANDING SUPPORT TRANSPORT CRAFT. PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF ST. LO AND THE VIRE RIVER. WAS WOUNDED AT FALAISE POCKET IN FRANCE AND AFTER RECOVERING, RETURNED TO HIS UNIT IN FEBRUARY, 1945. TOOK PART IN THE LIBERATION OF A CONCENTRATION CAMP. REACHED THE ELBE RIVER AND WAS ORDERED TO ATTACK MADGEBURG, GERMANY, WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED AGAIN. RECEIVED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON WITH FOUR BRONZE BATTLE STARS, PURPLE HEART WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AND TWO OVERSEAS SERVICE BARS.