World War II Honoree

James S. Clark

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Palo Alto, California

LIEUTENANT COMMANDER, WAS A SUBMARINER IN THE U.S. NAVY. HE COMMANDED THE SUBMARINE USS GOLET ON ITS SECOND WAR PATROL STARTING MAY 28, 1944. ON JUNE 14, 1944 THE USS GOLET WAS DESTROYED NORTHEAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN, IN COMBAT WITH JAPANESE ANTI-SUBMARINE SURFACE SHIPS. ALL 82 ABOARD WERE LOST.