Veterans' Memorial Project

George Gerdwood Clark Jr.

Lakeland, FL

World War II

College: Liberal Arts & Sciences

Graduation Year: 1945

Service Branch: Navy

Rank: Ensign

Date of Birth: 03/26/1924

Date of Death: 04/12/1946

Affiliations: Alpha Tau Omega

Ensign Clark was killed instantly on April 12, 1946, in a landing barge collision at Newport, Rhode Island, while he was attached to the USS Columbia. He was intered April 18, 1946, in Arlington National Cemetery in Section 10, Grave 10806.

-taken from Illinois Alumni News, June, 1946 and information from Arlington National Cemetery

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