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William Prentiss Clark Born September 16, 1948, Winston County, Mississippi

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Entered US Army at age 16 took Basis training, Fork Polk Louisiana. January 1965 Assigned to 105 Transportation Company, Fort Eustis, Virginia. The 105 Transportaion Company Deployed to the Dominican Republic, May 1965. Which time Wiliam Prentiss Clark was deployed, after much complaining by William's parents, Lester Lee Clark,& Inus Lavada (Adcock)Clark, to their Congressman,William was sent back to Fort Eustis from the War zone, with a total of 1 Month and 26 days. 7 August 1965, William Prentiss Clark was Discharged for being too young for Military service. He served a total of 9 month 10 Days. William went back to School, having been rasied in a poor family all of his life, William did whatever work he could do. Delivering newspapers daily for the Meridian Star, working at gas stations. Then William went to Phoenix Arizona,in 1966, because he had an older half brother and his family there, Dewey Garland Clark, wife, Alice joline (Stokes) Clark and they had five children living (Priscilla Lynn, Marsha, Dewey G Jr, Also Dewey's step Children Jimmy, And Thresha Hailey), William worked at the gas station with Dewey and later work at a restaurant doing kitchen work and dish washing. William met Karon Sue Peterson, and became friends, In October 1966, Karon went with William back to Mississippi where Karon met William's siblings and Parents. William and Karon got married, Novenber 28, 1966. A distance Cousin last name Pope performed the ceremony and Williiam's mother was the witness. By January, Karon was pregnant with, at that time, unknown sex of the baby. Karon got homesick for her relatives and her being pregnant, they decided to just moved back to Phoenix, Arizona. William's Uncle Louin Clark (William's Father's Brother, wanted to also go with them, So the three left Mississippi. After arriving in Arizona, employment for William was not good enough and Louin had a promise of some good employment in Oregon for William and himself. So, becuase of the time, William and Louin just took off without telling Karon.  After arriving in Oregon, there was no jobs to be found as was promised, So William and Louin went back to Mississippi. Louin wanted to go to the Mississippi Delta and William left him there, and went on to his native Neshoba County. Meanwhile in Arizona Karon had the baby, William Prentiss Clark Jr. Later was adopted by Karon and her new hsband Kenneth Brown and they renamed him "Bill Brown". William was seeking a carreer, so he joined the Army September 7, 1967, went through Basic training again, this time at Fort Lewis Washington,  Then to Fort Ord for Advance training and then Germany, HQ Company 2/4 Cav. O'brien Barracks, Schwabach,