World War II
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Ransom
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Marines
Rank:
Private
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968
Major Battle/Theatre:
Asiatic Pacific Theater
Circumstances:
Killed in action in Okinawa
Biography:
Clement Willis Lack was born in Shenford, Ransom County, North Dakota on January 8, 1923, to Joseph E and Esther C Lack. He entered the United States Marine Corps in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 23, 1944, and served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater. Private Lack was killed in action on May 2, 1945, in Okinawa, Japan and is buried in Grave 580, Section F, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii.
Source: Ancestry/Find a Grave