Clark, a general construction equipment operator who had been deployed twice to Iraq, called home a few days before his death to say he had been promoted to sergeant, his mother, Wrenita Codrington, told WTVT Television in Tampa. He enlisted in the Army just after graduating from Durant High School in 2001, fed up with working in a grocery store freezer, Codrington said. "He joined the military, saying, 'I'd rather get a little dirty than a lot cold all the time,'" Codrington said. After Clark's first tour in Iraq, he returned home to marry his high school sweetheart and they had three children before he was sent to Afghanistan his mother said. Killed in a suicide bombing as they helped build a bridge in Afghanistan. He became an army engineer, working on road, bridge and building repairs.

Home	Plant City, FL
Birth Date
Sex	Male
Married/Single	Married
Religion

Service	Army
Rank	SGT E-5
Service Number
MOS
Start of Tour

Casualty Date	28 August 2007
Casualty Type	Hostile
Reason	Suicide Bombing
Country	Eastern Afghanistan
Province	Paktika Province