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CPL William Eugene Clark

1092nd Engineer Combat Battalion
C CO
Army
Non-hostile, Aircraft Crash
Aircraft Type: C-119C
Aircraft Number: 51-2551
Date Of Loss: November 14, 1952
Service Number: US55158511
Born: March 30, 1929
Home Or Place Of Enlistment
Saint Louis, Missouri
Location Or Battle Zone: South Korea
Town Or Area: Air Crash East Of K-19 - Cho-Ok
Hill Or Outpost: Hill 683
Burial Location
Cedar Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mo

Comments: Corporal Clark was a member of Company C, 1092nd Engineer Combat Battalion. On November 14, 1952, he was a passenger aboard a C-119C, "Flying Boxcar" from the 63rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 403rd Troop Carrier Group enroute from Ashiya Air Base, Japan to Seoul, Korea when it crashed into Hill 683 near Cho-ok and about 15 miles east of Airfield K-19, killing all 44 servicemen on board.

Korean War Project Key No: 34096

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SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI

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1929

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CEDAR GROVE CEMETERY, SALEM, MO

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