Donald Holland Clark

Korean War
Service #035523
Unit311 MAR FTR SQ 33 MAR AIR GP
RankCaptain U.S. Marine Corps
Date of DeathDecember 5 1952
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
8
Air Medal
Combat Action Ribbon (Navy)
Distinguished Flying Cross
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
For his leadership and valor, Captain Clark was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Gold Star, the Air Medal with 4 Gold Stars, the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
Captain Clark was the pilot of a F9F-2 Panther Jet fighter with the Marine Fighter Squadron 311, Marine Air Group 33, 1st Marine Air Wing. On December 5, 1952, while on a combat mission, as his aircraft dove on a target, it was hit by anti-aircraft fire, exploded and crashed. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 14, 1953. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.