35th Infantry Regiment (Cacti) Association

PV2 Olen Clyde Stark In memory of our fallen brother

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother"

Heavy Company
35th Infantry Regiment
Korean War

"Not For Fame or Reward
Not For Place or For Rank
But In Simple Obedience To
Duty as They Understood It"

The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, PV2 Olen Clyde Stark, US55117092, who died in the service of his country on August 24th, 1951 in North Korea. The cause of death was listed as KIA. At the time of his death Olen was 22 years of age. He was from Butler County, Kansas. Olen's Military Occupation Specialty was 4812-Heavy Weapons Infantryman.

The decorations earned by PV2 Olen Clyde Stark include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Korea Service Medal, and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Private Stark was a member of the 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on August 24, 1951. Private Stark was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantrymans Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Note: Son of Clyde & Eunice

Burial:
Whitewater Cemetery
Whitewater
Harvey County
Kansas, USA
Plot: 1st row west of east drive