World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Gilbert A. Clark
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Forty Fort, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Clark
Company F, 273rd Infantry, 69th Division. Awarded Combat Infantryman Badge, Bronze Star, 2 battle stars -- Rhineland and Central Europe. Battalion was first to meet the Russians at Torgau on the Elbe River, April 25, 1945. Company received Presidential Unit Citation, Battle of Leipzig; April 18 and 19, 1945.