LOCAL YOUTH IS MISSING IN ACTION
Pvt. Donald R. Clark has been reported missing in action over Germany, according to an announcement received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Don Clark, 1407 Avenue A.
The announcement received here about the middle of March said that he had been missing since Jan. 30.
Pvt. Clark entered the army in May of 1943 and has been overseas since Nov. 7. He joined the rangers in Italy and was with this group at the time he was reported missing.
He attended Thomas Jefferson high school and was employed by the Safeway stores here prior to entering the service.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Friday, April 07, 1944, Page 2
HEAR SON IS NAZI PRISONER
Pvt. Donald R. Clark, reported missing in action since January, is now a prisoner of war of the German government, according to direct word received from him by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Don Clark, 1407 Avenue A, this week.
In a letter to his parents, Pvt. Clark said that he was uninjured and thanks to the American Red Cross, was eating well.
He entered the service in May, 1943, and joined the rangers in Italy, shortly after going overseas on Nov. 7, 1943.
Pvt. Clark attended Thomas Jefferson high school and prior to entering the service was employed at the Safeway stores here.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Sunday, June 18, 1944, Page 18
CLARK REPORTED PRISONER OF WAR
Pvt. Donald R. Clark has been reported a prisoner of war of the German government, it was revealed through an Associated Press dispatch here Monday.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Clark, 1407 Avenue A., Pvt. Clark has been listed missing in action since Jan. 30.
Pvt. Clark entered the army in May 1943 and has been overseas since Nov. 7. He was serving with the rangers in Italy when reported missing.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Monday, July 17, 1944, Page 2
PRISONER FREED
Mr. and Mrs. Don Clark, 1407 Avenue A, have received a letter from their son, Donald R. Clark, written April 13, stating that he had been released from a German prison camp, and was expecting to come home soon. It has been over a year since he was taken prisoner.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Sunday, April 29, 1945, Page 7
NOTE: Donald R. Clark was promoted to Master Sergeant and served in Korea with the intelligence unit of the 15th Regimental Headquarters Co. – Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Thursday, February 11, 1954, p. 18.
