Seeking final burial place of John W Clark

Hi Ann,

Could this be your John W. Clark found on findagrave.com (parents Jesse and Mary Clark)??

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148106101/john-w_-clark

Best Wishes,

Alice Lane

Volunteer Researcher

Could this be him?
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148106101/john-w_-clark

Dear Ms. Clark,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

The War Department did not document the location where soldiers were reburied unless they were buried in a National Cemetery. To search for persons buried in National Cemeteries, use the Nationwide Gravesite Locator. Soldiers buried in other types of cemeteries such as municipal cemeteries, family cemeteries, state run veteran cemeteries, and church cemeteries are not documented in the locator.

We searched the National Archives Catalog and located Applications for Headstones in Private Cemeteries, 1909 - 1924 and Applications for Headstones, 1/1/1925 - 6/30/1970 in the Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General (Record Group 92) that include applications for headstones for deceased members and veterans of the U.S. Army, to include soldiers who fought in the American Civil Wars. Because the practice of applying for headstones to mark the graves of soldiers was optional and not introduced until many years after the American Civil War, not all graves for American Civil War soldiers are documented in these records. For more information about the 1909-1924 records, email the National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual Reference (RDT1) at Archives1reference@nara.gov. For more information about the 1925-1970 records, email the National Archives at St. Louis (RL-SL) at stl.archives@nara.gov.

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The latter series is available on Ancestry as the data collection U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Archives has partnered with Ancestry to make the vast majority of their NARA-digitized holdings freely available to the public. Anyone with Internet access may create an account, access NARA records, and use other Ancestry resources, such as their educational offerings and family tree-maker application. For more information see Ancestry’s announcement -- “Free At-Home Education Resources From Ancestry® and Access to Nearly 500M National Archives Records”.

We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your family research!