To the right of the cannon.

Plaque

MAJOR HAROLD M. CLARK

CLARK AIR BASE WAS NAMED FOR HAROLD M. CLARK, MAJOR,

U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS. BORN IN MINNESOTA AND REARED

IN MANILA. CLARK WAS COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT,

U.S. CAVALRY IN 1913. IN 1916 HE TRANSFERRED TO THE AVIATION SECTION OF THE SIGNAL CORPS, AND IN 1917 WAS RATED A JUNIOR MILITARY AVIATOR. HIS FIRST ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDED COLUMBUS, NEW MEXICO, KELLY FIELD, TEXAS, AND FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA. HE WENT TO THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS TO COMMAND AN AIR SERVICE STATION AND BECAME THE FIRST UNITED STATES AIRMAN TO FLY IN HAWAII. UPON HIS RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES, CLARK SERVED AT FIELDS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. AFTER COMPLETION OF A PURSUIT GROUP OF THE FIRST PROVISIONAL WING AT MINEOLA, LONG ISLAND. HE LATER BECAME AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER WITH THE AVIATION SECTION IN PANAMA. MAJOR CLARK DIED ON 2 MAY 1919 IN A SEAPLANE CRASH IN THE MIRAFLORES LOCKS, PANAMA CANAL ZONE AND WAS INTERRED IN THE NATIONAL CEMETERY, ARLINGTON.

ERECTED BY THIRTEENTH AIR FORCE 4 JULY 1984