Marine Gunnery Sgt. Michael J. Clark

29, of Leesburg, Fla.

assigned to Combat Service Support Battalion 1, Combat Service Support Group 11, 1st Force Service Support Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed July 20 2004 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.

Clark, an 11-year veteran of the Marine Corps and a bomb disposal expert, was serving his second tour of duty in Iraq. He was assigned to Combat Service Support Battalion 1, Combat Service Support Group 11, 1st Force Service Support Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Since joining the Marine Corps in 1993, Clark had been awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat “V,” the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal and the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.

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2 comments - add to the conversation! → “Marine Gunnery Sgt. Michael J. Clark”


  1. Meredith

    2 years ago

    There’s nothing certain in a man’s life except this: That he must lose it.
    - Aeschylus


  2. JOSEPH

    1 year ago

    In Life or in Death a Marine is Forever a Marine. I as a Vietnam Veteran Marine went through my living hell, and go through it on a day to day basis. I knew Mike but for a short period of time. The hand of God reached out for him. He is and will always be remembered; friend, loving father, and loving husband to his wife and family.
    SEMPER-FI


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