SFC JAMES CLINTON CLARK OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

THE UNITED STATES ARMY VOLUNTEER RESERVE HAS SELECTED JAMES CLINTON CLARK AS THEIR VETERAN OF THE MONTH FOR THE CORINTH – ALCORN COUNTY AREA.

MR. CLARK ENTERED THE ARMY AT CORINTH AT THE BEGINNING OF WORLD WAR II AND WAS SENT TO FORT RUCKER, ALABAMA FOR BASIC TRAINING. AFTER BASIC HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE FAMOUS 81ST WILDCAT DIVISION AND WAS SENT TO THE WAR IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. HE WAS IN THE BATTLES OF AUGUAR, PELLILIEU, AND LEYTE.

ON ONE OCCASION ONE OF HIS BUDDIES FROM CORINTH WAS SHOT BY ENEMY FIRE. WITH DISREGARD FOR HIS OWN SAFETY, MR. CLARK WENT IN FRONT OF ENEMY FIRE AND RESCUED HIS FRIEND. HOWEVER HIS FRIEND DIED LATER THAT NIGHT. FOR HIS HEROISM IN FACE OF DANGER, JAMES WAS AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR.

AMONG HIS DECORATIONS ARE THE BRONZE STAR, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, VICTORY MEDAL, COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE, THE ASIATIC – PACIFIC CAMPAIGN RIBBON AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL. AFTER SERVING FOUR YEARS, MOSTLY IN COMBAT, MR. CLARK WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND HE RETURNED HOME.

MR. CLARK IS 86 YEARS OLD AND IS MARRIED TO GERALDINE ROSE CLARK FOR 60 YEARS. THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND FOUR GRANDCHILDREN.

MR. CLARK HAS ALSO BEEN A FARMER AND IS NOW RETIRED AND LIVES NEAR CORINTH IN ALCORN COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.

FOR BEING SELECTED AS VETERAN OF THE MONTH MR. CLARK WILL RECEIVE A FRAMEABLE CERTIFICATE, A LETTER OF APPRECIATION FROM THE LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS, AN HONORARY MEMBERSHIP IN THE 4TH BRIGADE, USAVR FOR 12 MONTHS PLUS THEIR NEWS LETTER, THE HONORARY RANK OF SERGEANT FIRST CLASS, THIS WRITE UP ON THE WEB AND THE LOCAL NEWS PAPER, VETERAN OF THE MONTH SERVICE RIBBON AND THE WWII COMMEMORATIVE VICTORY MEDAL.

THANK YOU SFC CLARK FOR YOUR UNSELFISH SERVICE TO THIS COUNTRY DURING A TIME OF NEED.

WILLIAM E. HUFF
BG USAVR
BRIGADE COMMANDER