Clark, Jeffery Lane

Jeffery Lane Clark was a 24-year-old Marine from Bay City, Florida. He served with the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, part of the 2nd Marine Division based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. According to Marine Corps records, his unit was deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, with deployments to Afghanistan, the Philippines, and the Horn of Africa.

Clark died on July 22, 2003, at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Department of Defense stated he was killed in action. Official casualty reports list his death as occurring in a combat zone, though the specific incident that caused his death at the detention facility was not detailed in public releases.

Operation Enduring Freedom was the U.S.-led military campaign launched in October 2001 in response to the September 11 attacks. Its stated objective was to dismantle the al-Qaeda terrorist network and remove the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. The conflict involved U.S. and allied forces in multiple countries, including the Philippines and the Horn of Africa, under the broader Global War on Terrorism framework.

Clark's death was announced by the Department of Defense. He was one of the few U.S. service members to be killed at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, which primarily housed detainees captured in the war on terror. His name is inscribed on the Afghanistan and Iraq War Memorial at Camp Lejeune.

Lance Corporal Clark is remembered on the online 'Faces of the Fallen' memorial and by veterans' groups. His death is noted in official histories documenting casualties of Operation Enduring Freedom outside the primary Afghan theater.

Lance Corporal Clark was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (2001?2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.

Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.

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