Retired U.S. Army Master Sgt. Val D. Clark, 73, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. Val was a native of Cambridge, New York, and a Peninsula resident on and off since 1964.
He was a U.S. Army veteran who worked as a helicopter mechanic during Vietnam and a first sergeant with the First Cavalry Apache Helicopter Unit during Desert Storm. Master Sgt. Clark served for over 20 years and retired in 1991. He received the Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal and Army Achievement Medal. He was an active member of DAV Victory Chapter 13, Yorktown. After retirement, he went to work for Coastal Services and Technologies.
He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Merry Jane Clark; daughter, Kathi Kruse, and her husband, Bill, of Yorktown; brother, Charles R. Clark Jr., and his wife, Barbara, of Middletown, New York; and sister, Victoria Odell, and her husband, Timothy, of Cambridge, New York.
A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 1, at Amory Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends following the service. A graveside service with military honors will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, Nov. 2, in Albert G. Horton Jr. Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Suffolk.
Memorials may be made to DAV York County Victory Chapter 13, 1700 George Washington Memorial Highway, Yorktown, VA 23693.
