Joseph G. Clemons

Colonel Joseph Gordon Clemons, Jr. (April 30, 1928 – May 15, 2018) was a decorated soldier in the United States Army in the Korean War and in the Vietnam War. His actions in the 1953 Battle of Pork Chop Hill were the subject of a 1959 movie, Pork Chop Hill. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio.

Clemons died on May 15, 2018 in Hendersonville, North Carolina of complications from pneumonia at the age of 90.

References

Other websites
 2007 Distinguished Graduate Award , the Association of Graduates, West Point 
 Photo gallery of Clemons , 2012 Hendersonville, NC

Category:1928 births
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Category:Deaths from pneumonia
Category:American military personnel of the Vietnam War
Category:People from Cleveland
Category:Military people from Ohio