Private First Class Harold R. Clark
The TribuneSeymour, Indiana
Tuesday, April 17, 1961
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Seymour Man Is Missing In North Korea
Harold Robert Clark, Veteran of Two Wars, Officially Reported Missing Since February 13
Harold Robert Clark, 29, son of Harry Clark, of Seymour, has been reported by the War Department as "missing in action" somewhere in North Korea since February 13, according to word received by relatives here. He was serving with Company L of the 38th Infantry Regiment.
A veteran of World War II, the young soldier was called back into the Army in September, 1950 as a reservist. He served in iceland and with the occupation forces in Germany in the last war.
Attended School Here.
A native of Seymour, he was born here September 9, 1922 and attended Shields High School. He worked for the Stokely company in Indianapolis prior to both of his terms of service.
He was married in 1948 to Geneva McIntoch, who now lives in Dalesburg, Kentucky, and has one 18 months old son, Harold Robert, Jr.
Besides his father, the young veteran has a sister, Mrs. Everett Gorbett, 627 North Walnut street, a grandfather, James Clard, two aunts, Mrs. Cornelius Tracy, and Mrs. Tom Knott, and an uncle Virgil Clark, living in Seymour.
He also has two sisters, Mrs. Lowell Day and Mrs. John Hutton, and a brother Oliver, all residing in Indianapolis, a fourth sister, Mrs. Wayne Campbell, resides in Detroit, Michigan and an aunt, Mrs. Lawrence Rush, lives in Jeffersonville.
Seymour, Indiana
Thursday, July 19, 1961
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Local Soldier Believed Red War Prisoner
Harold Clark, 29, who has been listed as "missing in action" in the Korean war since February 13, is now believed to be a prisoner of war, the War Department has advised his wife, a resident of Dalesburg, Kentucky, according to word received by relatives here.
The soldier is the son of Harry Clark, of this city, and a brother of Mrs. Everett Gorbett, Apartment 19-F, Ridgeview, who received the latest information from his wife.
Chinese Communists and North Koreans mentioned his name in one of their propaganda broadcasts and said he was a "prisoner of war," the War Department informed Mrs. Clark.
The Army sent Mrs. Clark an address so that she may communicate with her husband if the report is true that he is being held as a prisoner of war by the Reds.
A veteran of World War II, the soldier was called back into the Army in jSeptember as a reservist. He served in Iceland and with the occupation forces in Germany in World War II.
He and his wife have a small son, Harold Robert Clark, Jr., who is with Mrs. Clark in Dalesburg.
The Tribune
Seymour, Indiana
Friday, January 1, 1954
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AUGUST
Private First Class Harold R. Clark, 29, a native of Seymour, was reported by Communist officials as having died in captivity in Korea.