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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Gerald Madison Clark

Hometown

Hopkins, Michigan

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A WIRELESS OPERATOR AND AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 26 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 156 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON MK III (BJ592) WAS SHOT DOWN AND CRASHED NEAR OLDENBURG, GERMANY DURING A BOMBING RAID TO HAMBURG ON JULY 29, 1942. BURIED AT BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY, SOLTAU, LOWER SAXONY, GERMANY.