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'''Clark Franklin Rinehart''' was born in [[Ridgeway, Missouri]], [[30 May]] [[1910]].
== Navy Career ==
He enlisted in the [[U.S. Naval Reserve]] [[30 April]] [[1937]], was appointed aviation [[cadet]] [[22 July]] [[1937]], designated naval aviator [[8 June]] [[1938]], appointed ensign for aviation duties in the [[U.S. Naval Reserve]] ranking from [[1 August]] [[1938]], commissioned ensign in the [[U.S. Navy]] ranking from [[1 June]] [[1939]]; and appointed lieutenant (junior grade) for temporary service ranking from [[1 November]] [[1941]]. He was assigned successively to the Naval Air Station, [[Pensacola, Florida]]; Bombing Squadron 2 on board [[USS Lexington (CV-2)]]; and Fighting Squadron 2 again on board Lexington.
== Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross ==
He received the [[Distinguished Flying Cross]] for extraordinary achievement in aerial combat as pilot of a fighter plane in action against Japanese forces in the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]], 7 and [[8 May]] [[1942]]. His plane failed to return [[8 May]] [[1942]].
== Honored in Ship Naming ==
[[USS Rinehart (DE-196)]] was named in his honor. The ship was laid down by the [[Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock]] Co., [[Newark, New Jersey]], [[21 October]] [[1943]]; launched [[9 January]] [[1944]]; sponsored by Mrs. Dorothy Ruth Rinehart; and commissioned at [[New York]] [[12 February]] [[1944]].
== References ==
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