Rank/Rate: Chief Torpedoman’s Mate
Service Number: 295 26 48
Birth Date: March 2, 1916
From: Long Beach, California
Decorations: Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Submarine: USS Shark (SS-314)
Loss Date: October 24, 1944
Location: Between Hainan and Bashi Channel
Circumstances: Probably sunk by depth charge attack
Remarks: Clarence was born in Paris, Tennessee.
NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS Shark (SS-314)
On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Shark (SS-314)
Find a Grave Memorial: CTM Clarence Vernon Kibbons (Manila American Cemetery and Memorial). Clarence Kibbons has a cenotaph in the family plot in Maplewood Cemetery in Paris, Tennessee.