CLARK Leroy W - 513 BS 376 BGH

 

Leroy Walter CLARK Jr

 

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Source : bjones (Ellen Marchese)

 
NUMBER OF SERVICE18163347
AGE20 yo
DATE OF BIRTH21 April 1924 Okmulgee County, OKLAHOMA
ENLISTMENT STATE OKLAHOMA
FAMILY

Parents : Verda May Webb HALL

RANK
Technical Sergeant sergeant armee de terre
FONCTIONOpérator Radio
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT OK
DATE of ENLISTEMENTFebruary 1942
 SQUADRON513rd Bomber Squadron
 GROUP376th Bomber Group, Heavy
ARMY15th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH6 August 1944

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Source : Andy

STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHToulon
DATA PLAN

B-24 Liberator - type H-20-DT - s/n 41-28965 Codé-55 "Vivien"

B 24 Liberator

Macr : 7317
Mission : Port de Toulon (83)

Take off San Pancrasio, Italy

Crash observed by S/Sgt John C Debeljak

Shot by the flak at 13:09
Aircraft partially evacuated just before the explosion in flight

CEMETERY TEMPORARYMUNICIPAL CEMETERY of Toulon

 CEMTERY TEMPORARY of Luynes Cemetery,

Aix-En-Provance N°3551

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

CEMETERYRHONE AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL of Draguignan

Map of Rhône American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
B215
DECORATION

Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

US AAF Air Crew Badge

 

Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Photo FDLM

victory medal

badge-aaf_aircrew

 
usaf 15af 376th Bomber Group, Heavy 376th Bomber Group, Heavy
STORY
  

Leroy Walter Clark, Jr.
by Jerry Dixon(Collinsville, OK)

Leroy was from Preston, OK. He was very active in H.S. Played basketball, baseball, in class play. Graduated in May 1941.

Enlisted in U.S. Army Air Corp Feb 1942. He went to gunnery school in AZ, radio talker school in IL. Eventually assigned to crew of B24.

After extensive training, in U.S., crew was sent to San Pancrazio, Italy.

He was member of 513 Bomb Sq 376 Bomb GP. On Aug 6 1944 his A/C Vivie, was on mission over Toulon France to bomb German sub pens. B24 was hit by flak. Some members were able to get out, Leroy and pilot and co-pilot did not.

Leroy was only child. I visited with his mother in later years, and reminded her that the government would bring his remains back home, and she said the three were burned so badly they could not be identified, and she would never be sure that it was her son. He is buried, along with crew mates, at Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial, Draguignan, France.

On this day, Leroy was 20 years old, on his 22nd mission. His B24 was Vivie, group #55.

I read a letter he had written his grandparents, in Okmulgee, OK, dtd Aug 5, day before he was killed. In it he said "there are no atheists up here when that flak is going off".

T Sgt Leroy Walter Clark, Jr. April 21 1924 - Aug 6 1944Service # 18163347 Radio Operator, Dept 757

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"The Crew" of a B-24 on flight training from Chatham Field. Georgia at Sloppy Joe's Bar, Havana, Cuba. March 1943.
Alfred A. Amann, Pilot
Melville R. Manning, Co-Pilot
Russ Weyland, Bombardier
George A. Tarr, Waist Gunner & Engineer
Leroy W. Clark, Radio Operator
Bertram Weinberger, Navigator
Joseph Penyak, Ball Turret Gunner
Francis Maloney, Tail Gunner
Tommy Scott, Waist Gunner & Armorer

 

 

Crew of  B-24 Liberator - type H-20-DT - s/n 41-28965 Codé-55

"Vivien"

 

2Lt Alfred A AMANN Pilot Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan O-812529 - AM+1/PH - Son of Mrs Rose Amann, Utica, New York
2Lt Melville R MANNING CoPilot Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan
O-819925 - AM/PH - Spoux of Mrs Grace Ward-Manning, Arcadia, California
2Lt Russell Salvador WEYLAND Bomber Prisoner   O-707466 - Son of Anton et Octavia Weyland, Chicago, Illinois
T/Sgt Terondino A BATTISTONE Mechanic Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Rhône Draguignan 35632239 - AM+1 - Son of Mrs Ann Battistone, Bellaire, Ohio
T/Sgt Leroy Walter CLARK Jr Radio Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan 18163347 - AM+1 - Son of Mrs Verda Mae Hall, Beggs, Oklahoma
S/Sgt James R Jr AYCOCK Gunner Prisoner   14171122 - Born  23/05/1924 - Fils de Mrs Riller Aycock, Russellville, Alabama - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow
S/Sgt Richylan Homer HOLT Gunner Dead West View Cem. Wrightsville, Georgia
 34243036 - 22 ans - Son of Henry Homer Holt, Palm Beach Co, Florida -  S'est parachuté, mais aurait été tué par une des bombes pendant sa descente
S/Sgt Tommy L SCOTT Gunner Fugitive   17090543 - Son of Mrs Cora V Scott, Brighton, Colorado
S/Sgt Marion Thomas WHITESIDES Gunner Prisoner   14160293 - Né le 06/06/1923 - Son of Mrs Obie B Whitesides, Coxs Creek, Kentucky

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