Highest Honors POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of Laurel Blair Clark
Headstone of Laurel Blair Clark
U.S. Navy · United States United States

Laurel Blair Clark

Captain
1961 – 2003
Congressional Space Medal of HonorNASA Distinguished Service Medal
Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Also Remembered Memorials Laid to Rest In Our Keeping

Captain Laurel Blair Clark served in the U.S. Navy for 15 years and 8 months. Laurel served in the Cold War, the Iraq War and the War in Afghanistan, and during the years of Gulf War. Laurel was 41 years old.

How She Died
Manner Accident
Cause Multiple traumatic injuries
Keepsakes
Laurel Blair Clark
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Headstone Front of Laurel Blair Clark. Arlington National Cemetery.
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NASA in-house videography of mission control during the final minutes of descent. Loss of signal between the orbiter and mission control at about 5:15. The flight director acknowledges the contingency at 11:50.
NASA in-house videography of mission control during the final minutes of descent. Loss of signal between the orbiter and mission control at about 5:15. The flight director acknowledges the contingency at 11:50. 0 views
Service Record
U.S. Navy
1987 – 2003
Conflicts
Cold War Gulf War Iraq Afghanistan Global War on Terrorism
Awards & Decorations 2

Foreign awards

NASA Distinguished Service Medal posthumous February 1, 2003

Conferred by Congress

Congressional Space Medal of Honor posthumous July 23, 2004
Memorials
Columbia STS-107 Memorial
Space Mirror Memorial
Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial
Also Remembered
Columbia
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Burial Information
Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery
Section 46
Grave 1180-2
In Our Keeping
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Laurel Blair Clark
Captain
U.S. Navy
1987 - 2003
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Congressional Space Medal of Honor NASA Distinguished Service Medal

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