(courtesy of Donna McPherson)

Grave markers for Baxter S. Clark, Jr. in the Bloomingdale Community Cemetery, Bloomingdale (Hillsborough County), Florida.

Baxter, a Tennessee native, enlisted in the Army at Ft. Oglethorpe, GA  on August 26, 1943 and volunteered for parachutist duty.  He was assigned to Company I, 508th PIR.

Pfc Clark was awarded the Bronze Service Arrowhead for his participation in the Holland campaign and Airborne operations.