U.S. Army
Unit: Unknown
T/5 Jack Clark 6987163
Died Non-Battle - Unknown Date
Buried: Unknown
Grave marker, above photo.
Temporary graves were marked with a simple wooden cross with an identification plate attached to the
center. Once a permanent stone marker could be erected, the original wooden cross would be removed
and destroyed by incineration. This grave plate was found in France at the site of the temporary marker
destruction area. The serial number on this plate is mis-marked as 6887163. The National Archives
shows the service number for T/5 Jack Clark as 6987163.
HISTORY OF JACK CLARK

Jack Clark was from Clay County, Kentucky. He Died Non-Battle (DNB) while serving with in the United
States Army in France during World War Two.
No further information is available at this time.
Grave markers Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France, above photo.
Temporary graves were marked with a simple wooden cross with an identification plate attached to the
center as shown in the above photo. This photo was taken behind Omaha Beach in 1951 by Life
Magazine, 6 years after World War Two at what is now known as the Normandy American Cemetery
Colleville-sur-Mer, France. Permanent stone markers were added several years later.