S/O Josephine (Schager)& Otto Clark
H/O Kathleen Mottern of Emporium.
GS/O Mary and Anthony Schager
Listed as M.I.A.
It was Changed to K.I.A.
Update ..9-30-11
Tom will be coming Home
on Oct 20 2011
to St Marks to be with his Parents.
His mother (Josephine) lived to be
99 years old and passed in 2009.
See Video Here
He graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1963, after having already spent two years at Penn State University. He was sometimes referred to as an "old man" at the Academy. He was interested in politics and flying and looked forward to a military career. Nearly 6 years after his graduation, Tom Clark was flying a mission in Laos over the Ho Chi Minh Trail just northwest of the DMZ when his aircraft was shot down. Circumstances surrounding his crash indicate that the enemy probably knows his fate, but in 1973, Tom was not released with other POWs. Tom Clark is one of nearly 600 Americans who were lost in Laos and did not return.
Tom was assigned to the 37th TFW/37th CSG - Phu Cat AB - 7th AF Tan Son Nhut AB and was a F100D pilot when he was shot down in Laos on February 8, 1969. He was identified by his military identification tags and his DNA.
Capt Clark was reported missing on 8 February 1969 while on a mission over southern Laos. The F-100 he was piloting (F-100D S/N 55-3562) crashed - no parachute was seen; no beeper heard.Prior to assignment to the 416th TFS at Phu Cat AB, Vietnam, he was a B-52copilot at the 60th Bombardment Squadron, Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico.
His status was changed from MIA to KIA in 1973.
He was posthumouslypromoted to major during the time he was missing.
His body has never been recovered.
"With the war in the North halted the North Vietnamese moved thier defenses onto the Ho Chi Minh Trial and the USAF responded by flying more defense suppression sorties in sourthern Laos.
A flight of Super Sabares was sent to destroy an anti-aircraft position near Ban Kapay, 25 miles west of the DMZ.
Capt Clark's aircraft was hit by 23mm ground fire as he prepared to attack the target and he crashed before he was able to eject."
From: USAFA Obituary
Tom is honored on Panel 33W, Row 84 of
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Arrival Home:
With the Patriot Guard Riders.
Oct. 21,2011
Viewing will be at His High School
5-8 pm
Oct 22,2011
Funeral Mass will be at
St Mark's @ 10 Am..and then
Burial will be at
Their Cemetery.
UPDATE...Oct 21, 2011
On February 12, 1991,
a joint U.S./Lao People's Democratic Republic team investigated the crash of Thomas E. Clark's F-100.
In late 1991, a Thai citizen turned over to U.S.
Officials in Thailand human remains as well as military identification tag and a partial military identification tag bearing Major Clark's name. The remains were identified as other than Captain Clark's.
In February of 1992 a team worked to excavate the suspected crash site of Thomas E. Clark in the
Savannakhet Province with no apparent results.
In October of 2005 a joint team re-investigated the crash site excavated in 1992. Another bone fragment was found but later identified as not part of a human.
In October of 2009 another joint team re-excavated portions of the crash site and recovered human remains. After extensive examination, including isotope testing, the human remains were identified as the remains of Thomas E. Clark.
(That was the year his Mother Died )
The Clark family was notified in June 2011 that the remains of Thomas E. Clark would be returned to the family.
Major Clark is survived by his widow Kathleen Mottern Clark Blair and her husband Robert, of Cedar Crest, NM , two brothers, Roger B. Clark and his wife Millie, of Emporium, and John O. Clark and his wife Linda of Virginia Beach, VA. and also by a large extended family.
In addition to his parents death Tom's brother Gerald A. Clark, of Emporium, a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War, passed away in 1995
Thanks to Treadsewer (Sue) with all this
Great News Today. I will try an make a trip to
Emporium to Welcome Him Home in
Memory of his Parents,
My parents and his Grandparents..
I grew up with his Grandmother.. Mary Schager..
She was my Second Grandmother
& I knew the story of her
missing Grandson.
Thank You Betty (Caboose) for
Sponsoring Tom's Memorial.
May God Bless You Always.
H/O Kathleen Mottern of Emporium.
GS/O Mary and Anthony Schager
Listed as M.I.A.
It was Changed to K.I.A.
Update ..9-30-11
Tom will be coming Home
on Oct 20 2011
to St Marks to be with his Parents.
His mother (Josephine) lived to be
99 years old and passed in 2009.
See Video Here
He graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1963, after having already spent two years at Penn State University. He was sometimes referred to as an "old man" at the Academy. He was interested in politics and flying and looked forward to a military career. Nearly 6 years after his graduation, Tom Clark was flying a mission in Laos over the Ho Chi Minh Trail just northwest of the DMZ when his aircraft was shot down. Circumstances surrounding his crash indicate that the enemy probably knows his fate, but in 1973, Tom was not released with other POWs. Tom Clark is one of nearly 600 Americans who were lost in Laos and did not return.
Tom was assigned to the 37th TFW/37th CSG - Phu Cat AB - 7th AF Tan Son Nhut AB and was a F100D pilot when he was shot down in Laos on February 8, 1969. He was identified by his military identification tags and his DNA.
Capt Clark was reported missing on 8 February 1969 while on a mission over southern Laos. The F-100 he was piloting (F-100D S/N 55-3562) crashed - no parachute was seen; no beeper heard.Prior to assignment to the 416th TFS at Phu Cat AB, Vietnam, he was a B-52copilot at the 60th Bombardment Squadron, Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico.
His status was changed from MIA to KIA in 1973.
He was posthumouslypromoted to major during the time he was missing.
His body has never been recovered.
"With the war in the North halted the North Vietnamese moved thier defenses onto the Ho Chi Minh Trial and the USAF responded by flying more defense suppression sorties in sourthern Laos.
A flight of Super Sabares was sent to destroy an anti-aircraft position near Ban Kapay, 25 miles west of the DMZ.
Capt Clark's aircraft was hit by 23mm ground fire as he prepared to attack the target and he crashed before he was able to eject."
From: USAFA Obituary
Tom is honored on Panel 33W, Row 84 of
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Arrival Home:
With the Patriot Guard Riders.
Oct. 21,2011
Viewing will be at His High School
5-8 pm
Oct 22,2011
Funeral Mass will be at
St Mark's @ 10 Am..and then
Burial will be at
Their Cemetery.
UPDATE...Oct 21, 2011
On February 12, 1991,
a joint U.S./Lao People's Democratic Republic team investigated the crash of Thomas E. Clark's F-100.
In late 1991, a Thai citizen turned over to U.S.
Officials in Thailand human remains as well as military identification tag and a partial military identification tag bearing Major Clark's name. The remains were identified as other than Captain Clark's.
In February of 1992 a team worked to excavate the suspected crash site of Thomas E. Clark in the
Savannakhet Province with no apparent results.
In October of 2005 a joint team re-investigated the crash site excavated in 1992. Another bone fragment was found but later identified as not part of a human.
In October of 2009 another joint team re-excavated portions of the crash site and recovered human remains. After extensive examination, including isotope testing, the human remains were identified as the remains of Thomas E. Clark.
(That was the year his Mother Died )
The Clark family was notified in June 2011 that the remains of Thomas E. Clark would be returned to the family.
Major Clark is survived by his widow Kathleen Mottern Clark Blair and her husband Robert, of Cedar Crest, NM , two brothers, Roger B. Clark and his wife Millie, of Emporium, and John O. Clark and his wife Linda of Virginia Beach, VA. and also by a large extended family.
In addition to his parents death Tom's brother Gerald A. Clark, of Emporium, a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War, passed away in 1995
Thanks to Treadsewer (Sue) with all this
Great News Today. I will try an make a trip to
Emporium to Welcome Him Home in
Memory of his Parents,
My parents and his Grandparents..
I grew up with his Grandmother.. Mary Schager..
She was my Second Grandmother
& I knew the story of her
missing Grandson.
Thank You Betty (Caboose) for
Sponsoring Tom's Memorial.
May God Bless You Always.
S/O Josephine (Schager)& Otto Clark
H/O Kathleen Mottern of Emporium.
GS/O Mary and Anthony Schager
Listed as M.I.A.
It was Changed to K.I.A.
Update ..9-30-11
Tom will be coming Home
on Oct 20 2011
to St Marks to be with his Parents.
His mother (Josephine) lived to be
99 years old and passed in 2009.
See Video Here
He graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1963, after having already spent two years at Penn State University. He was sometimes referred to as an "old man" at the Academy. He was interested in politics and flying and looked forward to a military career. Nearly 6 years after his graduation, Tom Clark was flying a mission in Laos over the Ho Chi Minh Trail just northwest of the DMZ when his aircraft was shot down. Circumstances surrounding his crash indicate that the enemy probably knows his fate, but in 1973, Tom was not released with other POWs. Tom Clark is one of nearly 600 Americans who were lost in Laos and did not return.
Tom was assigned to the 37th TFW/37th CSG - Phu Cat AB - 7th AF Tan Son Nhut AB and was a F100D pilot when he was shot down in Laos on February 8, 1969. He was identified by his military identification tags and his DNA.
Capt Clark was reported missing on 8 February 1969 while on a mission over southern Laos. The F-100 he was piloting (F-100D S/N 55-3562) crashed - no parachute was seen; no beeper heard.Prior to assignment to the 416th TFS at Phu Cat AB, Vietnam, he was a B-52copilot at the 60th Bombardment Squadron, Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico.
His status was changed from MIA to KIA in 1973.
He was posthumouslypromoted to major during the time he was missing.
His body has never been recovered.
"With the war in the North halted the North Vietnamese moved thier defenses onto the Ho Chi Minh Trial and the USAF responded by flying more defense suppression sorties in sourthern Laos.
A flight of Super Sabares was sent to destroy an anti-aircraft position near Ban Kapay, 25 miles west of the DMZ.
Capt Clark's aircraft was hit by 23mm ground fire as he prepared to attack the target and he crashed before he was able to eject."
From: USAFA Obituary
Tom is honored on Panel 33W, Row 84 of
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Arrival Home:
With the Patriot Guard Riders.
Oct. 21,2011
Viewing will be at His High School
5-8 pm
Oct 22,2011
Funeral Mass will be at
St Mark's @ 10 Am..and then
Burial will be at
Their Cemetery.
UPDATE...Oct 21, 2011
On February 12, 1991,
a joint U.S./Lao People's Democratic Republic team investigated the crash of Thomas E. Clark's F-100.
In late 1991, a Thai citizen turned over to U.S.
Officials in Thailand human remains as well as military identification tag and a partial military identification tag bearing Major Clark's name. The remains were identified as other than Captain Clark's.
In February of 1992 a team worked to excavate the suspected crash site of Thomas E. Clark in the
Savannakhet Province with no apparent results.
In October of 2005 a joint team re-investigated the crash site excavated in 1992. Another bone fragment was found but later identified as not part of a human.
In October of 2009 another joint team re-excavated portions of the crash site and recovered human remains. After extensive examination, including isotope testing, the human remains were identified as the remains of Thomas E. Clark.
(That was the year his Mother Died )
The Clark family was notified in June 2011 that the remains of Thomas E. Clark would be returned to the family.
Major Clark is survived by his widow Kathleen Mottern Clark Blair and her husband Robert, of Cedar Crest, NM , two brothers, Roger B. Clark and his wife Millie, of Emporium, and John O. Clark and his wife Linda of Virginia Beach, VA. and also by a large extended family.
In addition to his parents death Tom's brother Gerald A. Clark, of Emporium, a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War, passed away in 1995
Thanks to Treadsewer (Sue) with all this
Great News Today. I will try an make a trip to
Emporium to Welcome Him Home in
Memory of his Parents,
My parents and his Grandparents..
I grew up with his Grandmother.. Mary Schager..
She was my Second Grandmother
& I knew the story of her
missing Grandson.
Thank You Betty (Caboose) for
Sponsoring Tom's Memorial.
May God Bless You Always.
H/O Kathleen Mottern of Emporium.
GS/O Mary and Anthony Schager
Listed as M.I.A.
It was Changed to K.I.A.
Update ..9-30-11
Tom will be coming Home
on Oct 20 2011
to St Marks to be with his Parents.
His mother (Josephine) lived to be
99 years old and passed in 2009.
See Video Here
He graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1963, after having already spent two years at Penn State University. He was sometimes referred to as an "old man" at the Academy. He was interested in politics and flying and looked forward to a military career. Nearly 6 years after his graduation, Tom Clark was flying a mission in Laos over the Ho Chi Minh Trail just northwest of the DMZ when his aircraft was shot down. Circumstances surrounding his crash indicate that the enemy probably knows his fate, but in 1973, Tom was not released with other POWs. Tom Clark is one of nearly 600 Americans who were lost in Laos and did not return.
Tom was assigned to the 37th TFW/37th CSG - Phu Cat AB - 7th AF Tan Son Nhut AB and was a F100D pilot when he was shot down in Laos on February 8, 1969. He was identified by his military identification tags and his DNA.
Capt Clark was reported missing on 8 February 1969 while on a mission over southern Laos. The F-100 he was piloting (F-100D S/N 55-3562) crashed - no parachute was seen; no beeper heard.Prior to assignment to the 416th TFS at Phu Cat AB, Vietnam, he was a B-52copilot at the 60th Bombardment Squadron, Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico.
His status was changed from MIA to KIA in 1973.
He was posthumouslypromoted to major during the time he was missing.
His body has never been recovered.
"With the war in the North halted the North Vietnamese moved thier defenses onto the Ho Chi Minh Trial and the USAF responded by flying more defense suppression sorties in sourthern Laos.
A flight of Super Sabares was sent to destroy an anti-aircraft position near Ban Kapay, 25 miles west of the DMZ.
Capt Clark's aircraft was hit by 23mm ground fire as he prepared to attack the target and he crashed before he was able to eject."
From: USAFA Obituary
Tom is honored on Panel 33W, Row 84 of
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Arrival Home:
With the Patriot Guard Riders.
Oct. 21,2011
Viewing will be at His High School
5-8 pm
Oct 22,2011
Funeral Mass will be at
St Mark's @ 10 Am..and then
Burial will be at
Their Cemetery.
UPDATE...Oct 21, 2011
On February 12, 1991,
a joint U.S./Lao People's Democratic Republic team investigated the crash of Thomas E. Clark's F-100.
In late 1991, a Thai citizen turned over to U.S.
Officials in Thailand human remains as well as military identification tag and a partial military identification tag bearing Major Clark's name. The remains were identified as other than Captain Clark's.
In February of 1992 a team worked to excavate the suspected crash site of Thomas E. Clark in the
Savannakhet Province with no apparent results.
In October of 2005 a joint team re-investigated the crash site excavated in 1992. Another bone fragment was found but later identified as not part of a human.
In October of 2009 another joint team re-excavated portions of the crash site and recovered human remains. After extensive examination, including isotope testing, the human remains were identified as the remains of Thomas E. Clark.
(That was the year his Mother Died )
The Clark family was notified in June 2011 that the remains of Thomas E. Clark would be returned to the family.
Major Clark is survived by his widow Kathleen Mottern Clark Blair and her husband Robert, of Cedar Crest, NM , two brothers, Roger B. Clark and his wife Millie, of Emporium, and John O. Clark and his wife Linda of Virginia Beach, VA. and also by a large extended family.
In addition to his parents death Tom's brother Gerald A. Clark, of Emporium, a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War, passed away in 1995
Thanks to Treadsewer (Sue) with all this
Great News Today. I will try an make a trip to
Emporium to Welcome Him Home in
Memory of his Parents,
My parents and his Grandparents..
I grew up with his Grandmother.. Mary Schager..
She was my Second Grandmother
& I knew the story of her
missing Grandson.
Thank You Betty (Caboose) for
Sponsoring Tom's Memorial.
May God Bless You Always.
