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Film & TV
Madison Barracks, New York, U.S
Known for
- PAN MUN JOM, You have never seen — Self (archive footage)2021
- No Substitute for Victory — Narrator (as Mark Clark)1970
- Small World — Self1958
- I Was an American Spy — Himself / Authenticator in Prolog (as General Mark Clark)1951
- Crusade in Europe — Self (archive footage)1949
- The Battle of San Pietro — Himself - Introduction1945
via TMDB
Key facts
- Nicknames
- "American Eagle", "Wayne", "Contraband" (while at West Point)
- Born
- ( 1896-05-01 ) 1 May 1896, Madison Barracks , Sackets Harbor , New York, U.S.
- Died
- 17 April 1984 (1984-04-17) (aged 87), Charleston, South Carolina , U.S.
- Buried
- The Citadel , Charleston, South Carolina
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch
- United States Army
- Service years
- 1917–1953
- Rank
- General
- Service number
- 0–5309
- Unit
- Infantry Branch
- Commands
- United Nations Command , Sixth United States Army , 15th Army Group , Seventh United States Army , Fifth United States Army , II Corps , 3rd Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment
- Awards
- Distinguished Service Cross , Army Distinguished Service Medal (4), Navy Distinguished Service Medal , Legion of Merit , Bronze Star Medal , Purple Heart
- Spouse
- Maurine Doran ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1924 ; died 1966 )
- Other work
- President of The Citadel
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mark
- Family name
- Clark
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Sackets Harbor
- Place of death
- Charleston
- Occupation
- military officer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- World War I
- Conflict
- Battle of Monte Cassino
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- GEN Mark W. Clark (99-217).jpg
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- Commons category
- Mark Wayne Clark
- date of birth
- 1896-05-01
- date of death
- 1984-04-17
- place of burial
- The Citadel
- allegiance
- United States Army
- name in native language
- Mark Wayne Clark
- start of work period
- 1918-00-00
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- 15th Army Group
- end of work period
- 1953-00-00
Sources (6)
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Encyclopedic overview
Mark Wayne Clark (1 May 1896 – 17 April 1984) was a United States Army officer who fought in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. He was the youngest four-star general in the U.S. Army during World War II.
During World War I, he was a company commander and served in France in 1918, as a 22-year-old captain, where he was seriously wounded by shrapnel. After the war, the future US Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall, noticed Clark's abilities. During World War II, he commanded the United States Fifth Army, and later the 15th Army Group, in the Italian campaign. He is known for leading the Fifth Army when it captured Rome in June 1944, around the same time as the Normandy landings. He was also the head of planning for Operation Torch, the largest seaborne invasion at the time.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mark W. Clark” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.