World War II Honoree

Julius Edel Clark, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Moncks Corner, South Carolina

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1940. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATERS WITH THE 47TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 9TH INFANTRY 'THE VARSITY' DIVISION. PARTICIPATED IN MANUEVERS AT CHESTER, SOUTH CAROLINA FROM SEPTEMBER 30-NOVEMBER 30, 1941 AND THEN RETURNED TO FORT BRAGG AT FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. MOVED TO SOLOMONS ISLAND, MARYLAND FOR AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING ON JUNE 23, 1942. STAGED WITH HIS UNIT AT CAMP PATRICK HENRY AT ORIANA, VIRGINIA ON OCTOBER 15, 1942 AWAITING OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT. DEPARTED HAMPTON ROADS PORT OF EMBARKATION ON OCTOBER 27, 1942 AND TOOK PART IN THE ASSAULT OF SAFI, NORTH AFRICA ON NOVEMBER 8, 1942. PARTICIPATED IN 7 CAMPAIGNS, 6 AS A COMPANY COMMANDER, INCLUDING THE ALGERIA-FRENCH MOROCCO, TUNISIA, SICILY, NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, ARDENNES-ALSACE (BATTLE OF THE BULGE) CAMPAIGNS. LANDED IN SICILY ON JULY 31, 1943. LANDED IN NORMANDY, FRANCE ACROSS UTAH BEACH ON JUNE 9, 1944 (D-DAY +3). AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, BRONZE STAR MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH BRONZE ARROWHEAD AND 1 SILVER AND 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ALSO AUTHORIZED THE PRESIDENTIAL (DISTINGUISHED) UNIT CITATION FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN ACTION BY HIS UNIT AT REMAGEN, GERMANY; THE FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE WITH PALM FOR ACTIONS BY HIS REGIMENT AT CHERBOURG, FRANCE; THE BELGIAN FOURRAGERE FOR HIS UNIT BEING CITED TWICE IN THE ORDER OF THE DAY OF THE BELGIAN ARMY FOR ACTIONS AT THE MEUSE RIVER, AND AGAIN IN THE ARDENNES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 WITH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. REENTERED ACTIVE U.S. ARMY SERVICE AFTER THE WAR AND SERVED UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL.