William Leon Clark
William Leon Clark was Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force.
Biography
Clark was born in Mississippi in 1911.[1] He attended Pearl River Community College, Mississippi College, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and became an ordained Baptist pastor. Clark died on March 19, 2005.
Military career
Clark originally joined the United States Army in 1941. During World War II, he served with the Third Air Force, Fifth Air Force and V Bomber Command. He left active duty following the war.
In 1951, he was re-called to active duty in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. Following the war, he was assigned to the Office of the United States Secretary of Defense as Executive Director of the Armed Forces Chaplains Board. Later, he was assigned to the Office of the Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force as Chief of the Personnel Division.
He was promoted to Brigadier General and was named Deputy Chief of Chaplains in 1966. Later, he became Command Chaplain of the United States Southern Command. Clark's retirement was effective as of January 1, 1970.
References
- ^ "Chaplain (Brigadier General) William Leon Clark". United States Air Force. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
- People from Mississippi
- United States Air Force generals
- United States Air Force officers
- United States Army officers
- Baptist ministers from the United States
- World War II chaplains
- American military personnel of World War II
- American military personnel of the Korean War
- Mississippi College alumni
- Pearl River Community College alumni
- Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary alumni
- New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary alumni
- 1911 births
- 2005 deaths
- 20th-century Baptist ministers