Harold M. Clark
Harold Melville Clark (October 4, 1890 – May 2, 1919) was a major in U.S. Army Signal Corps.[1] Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Clark lived in Manila, Philippines, from 1904 when his father moved there for business until 1910 when he graduated high school. Clark was commissioned a second lieutenant of Cavalry in 1913. In 1916, he transferred to the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps, and in 1917 was rated a Junior Military Aviator.
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| Birth name | Harold Melville Clark |
| Born | October 4, 1890 Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States |
| Died | May 2, 1919 (aged 28) off Miraflores Locks, Panama |
| Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, United States (38°52′37″N 77°04′15″W) |
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| Service/ | Signal Corps, United States Army |
| Rank | Major |
Clark flew assignments in Columbus, New Mexico; Kelly Field, Texas; and Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He went to Hawaii in 1917 to command an air service station and completed the first inter-island flight ever made in the Hawaiian Islands. Upon his return to the United States, Clark served at fields in Washington, D.C. and San Diego, California. After completion of a pursuit course, he was appointed as the commanding officer of a pursuit group of the First Provisional Wing at Mineola, New York. Clark later became an executive officer with the Aviation Section in Panama.
He died on May 2, 1919 in a seaplane crash in the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal Zone and was interred at Arlington National Cemetery.[2]
Clark Air Base, Clark International Airport, and New Clark City in the Philippines are named after Clark.
References
- "Harold Melville Clark, Major, United States Army Air Service". Michael Robert Patterson. ArlingtonCemetery.net. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- Griffith, John. "Harold M. Clark". Find a Grave. Retrieved 24 February 2013.