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Horace
Donald
Clarke

Home:

Portsmouth

, 

Virginia

Horace Clarke graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1915. He retired as a U.S. Navy Rear Admiral.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Rear Admiral

    Action Date:

    February – April 6, 1945
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 381 (November 1948)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Rear Admiral Horace Donald Clarke, United States Navy, was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer, Pre-Commissioning Training Center, Norfolk, Virginia, from February 1945 to 2 September 1945.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Commodore

    Division:

    U.S.S. Idaho

    Action Date:

    February 14, 1943 – August 2, 1944
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 358 (January 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Commodore Horace Donald Clarke, United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. IDAHO in the Bismarck Archipelago and the Aleutians, Marshall, Gilbert and Mariana Islands, from 14 February 1943 to 2 August 1944.