What is Joseph G. Clemons?
[[File:COL Joseph G. Clemons.jpg|right|200px]] [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] '''Joseph Gordon Clemons, Jr.''' (April 30, 1928 &ndash; 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|Hendersonville]], [[North Carolina]] of complications from [[pneumonia]] at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/joseph-clemons-jr-hero-of-pork-chop-hill-dies-at-90/2018/05/22/b96f3a5a-5d14-11e8-9ee3-49d6d4814c4c_story.html|title=Joseph G. Clemons, Hero of Pork Chop Hill, Dies at 90|publisher=The Washington Post|date=May 23, 2018|access-date=May 23, 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.westpointaog.org/page.aspx?pid=1895&chid=305 2007 Distinguished Graduate Award] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185714/http://www.westpointaog.org/page.aspx?pid=1895&chid=305 |date=2016-03-04 }}, the Association of Graduates, West Point * [http://www.moaa-nc.org/detail.php?thiscat=_photos&item=1345251306 Photo gallery of Clemons] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214071712/http://www.moaa-nc.org/detail.php?thiscat=_photos&item=1345251306 |date=2017-12-14 }}, 2012 Hendersonville, NC {{DEFAULTSORT:Clemons, Joseph G.}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:American military personnel of the Vietnam War]] [[Category:People from Cleveland]] [[Category:Military people from Ohio]] {{US-bio-stub}}