World War II Honoree

Melvin Robert Clark

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Shawnee, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MID-1940S, AND ENTERED U.S. ARMY MILITARY SERVICE AT THE END OF HOSTILITIES, DURING THE WAR PERIOD. HE SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER INITIALLY FOR TRAINING, AND THEN WAS DEPLOYED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AND SERVED WITH ARMY OCCUPATION FORCES IN JAPAN AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES. HE ALSO SERVED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘JAPAN’ CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.