Highway tribute honors Boardman Army-Navy vet killed in Iraq

BOARDMAN

A few sentences were all that was needed to encapsulate for those who knew and loved him the essence of the late Army Chief Warrant Officer Donald V. Clark.

“Don was always ready when needed – and ready to do what needed to be done,” said his father, Donald Clark Sr. of Boardman. “Our family is blessed by his light.”

After graduating from Boardman High School in 1989, the younger Clark served two years in the Navy, part of which was spent as an electrical technician on a submarine. About 18 months after having received an honorable discharge, Clark enlisted in the Army, which included a tour of duty in Iraq.

On Nov. 15, 2008, Clark, 37, was killed in action near Mosul, Iraq.

For his service to and sacrifices for the nation, he was honored during Monday afternoon’s Donald V. Clark Memorial Highway dedication in the Boardman Township Administration Building.

The event also was on what would have been Clark’s 45th birthday.

Read more about the tribute and the man in Tuesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.