World War II Honoree

Lloyd Dale Clippard

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Bloomfield, Missouri

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Seaman Second Class. He was inducted into the United States Navy July 7, 1941 at Little Rock, Arkansas, with recruit training at the U.S. Naval Training Station San Diego, California. Upon his graduation from boot camp, he was transferred to the USS Utah Battleship, BB-31 for duty as an on-the-job trainee, and based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian Islands. On Sunday Morning, December 7, 1941 the Emperor of Japan’s Naval Aviators launched their well-planned attack on the U.S. Fleet at Pearl Harbor and other military installations on Oahu. The Utah along with her shipmates lay moored on Ford Island was hit by two torpedoes, which caused serious flooding; she quickly rolled over and sank. Reported missing in action, lost at sea on the day of the attack. In remembrance of the brave, his name is permanently inscribed in the tablets of the missing, memorialized at the Honolulu National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, ‘Punchbowl’ Hawaii. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his ultimate sacrifice in defense of his country.