‘The Closet Behind Him Had a Bullet Hole’: New Info in Case of Soldier Who Died While Skyping With Wife
- Posted on May 6, 2012 at 4:25pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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This undated photo provided by the U.S. Army shows Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark. The family Clark, a Texas-based Army medic serving in Afghanistan, says Clark's wife witnessed the officer's death, which happened Monday, April 30, 2012 as the two were video chatting via Skype. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)
The wife of a soldier who watched her husband die during a video chat session saw a bullet hole in a closet behind him, his family said Sunday.
Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark, 43, had been stationed as a chief Army nurse in Afghanistan when he died during a Skype session with his wife in the U.S. on Monday.
“There was no sign that CPT Clark was in any discomfort, nor did he indicate any alarm,” a statement from the family said. “Then CPT Clark was suddenly knocked forward. The closet behind him had a bullet hole in it. The other individuals, including a member of the military, who rushed to the home of CPT Clark’s wife also saw the hole and agreed it was a bullet hole.”
The Skype connection remained open for two hours while Clark’s family and friends both in the U.S. and in Afghanistan tried to get him help. They were “hoping for a rescue and a miracle, but later learned that it was not to be.”
“After two hours and many frantic phone calls by Mrs. Clark, two military personnel arrived in the room and appeared to check his pulse, but provided no details about his condition to his wife,” the statement said.
An Army carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Army Capt. Bruce K. Clark of Spencerport, N.Y., upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. on Thursday May 3, 2012. The Department of Defense announced the death of Clark who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Susan Orellana-Clark said she was revealing the details of what she saw “to honor my husband and dispel the inaccurate information and supposition promulgated by other parties.”
An Army spokesman had initially said Clark’s death appeared to be from “natural causes” but later said he misspoke, CNN reported.
The Pentagon has since said Clark’s death is under investigation.
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Comments (106)
BurntHills
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 11:29pmGod bless that dear widow.
Report Post »Too_Far_Gone
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 1:03amAnd all his family..
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 12:53pmPray for the family that is left behind. This Soldier has gone on to join the Army of the Lord to get ready for Armageddon. We should all pray that God’s Love and Grace surround the wife and children with protection from evil.
In God’s name let it be so.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:14pmHe’s in his forties. Many people die suddenly in their forties.if you survive your forties the chances are good you can live into old age. I thought soldiers were in their twenties! He should not have been there playing hero.
Report Post »lassiegirldawn
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 11:26pmYa, but the question is, What do these soldiers know and about whom??????????????
Report Post »DaveIn84
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 10:56amIts a warzone, dolt
Report Post »psadie
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 11:19pmThe body was shipped to the USA. Can’t a coroner look for bullet holes or at best do an autopsy?
Report Post »South Philly Boy
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 11:08pmVery sad
Report Post »slr4528
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 10:15pmI guess it wouldn‘t look good for Obama’s reelection campaign,if word gets out that U.S. Soldiers are being assassinated by afghans.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 1:52amSeems to be an understatement. re- the story last week (I think cns news dot com that NATO is UNDER REPORTING attacks on soldiers by Afghan army and police they are training. Seems they’re ONLY reporting soldiers KILLED and not injured.
Report Post »TEARS FOR AMERICA
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:02amAnd how do you know he was assassinated by Afghans? It is suspect to be sure…
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 9:20amIt could be fratricide, but I am going to blame the Taliban. There have been like 45 incidents in the last 4 years resulting in 75 deaths. These deaths are not evenly distributed. The incidents are ramping up.
The military is not counting incidents that did not result in deaths. Stateside the military counts every mugging or sexual assault against a service member. But they don‘t count every wounding ’in country’ by enemy action if it is thru Taliban wearing Afghan Army uniform?
We are not serious about winning the War. We have not eradicated the main financial support of the Taliban, drugs. We do not report every incident of Taliban recruiting or entering the Afghan Army & firing upon our troops. Karzai is more worried about family honor, when his brother, a crook, is called a crook than fighting the Taliban.
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 11:29amIt is (or should be) a commonly know fact that during the first 2 years under Obama, we had more casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan than during the ENTIRE 8 years previous.
Report Post »Philo Beddoe
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:53pmWas he assassinated by one of the POS so called afghan allies ore was his area overrun?
God Bless Him and may God protect his family. The man is a Patriot
Report Post »Thevoice
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 11:03pmYes may the Lord comfort his family at this time. And like others I am sick and tired of our military being portrayed as a world wide aid logistics delivery company. Yes there should would be a time to offer “GOOD WILL” that would have been 10 years ago after destroying to surrender every living human in the Afghan Bedrock that wanted to die for their misguided beliefs. PERIOD.Then you could have given them a blowup soccer field and came home. The modern civilization could have then moved in and exploited their minerals and brought whoever was left living not hiding in a burka into the 21 century.. That isn’t the responsibility of our military..
Report Post »moussiagilda
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 8:14pmHe did not die.
Report Post »striker_58201
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 10:31pmWhat are you talking about? The family will certainly argue with you about whether or not he died!!
Report Post »Msgt Ret
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:57pmCapt. Bruce Kevin Clark, R.I.P. and God bless you & your family!
Report Post »maverickxt1
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:48pmSEND obama BACK TO KENYA. SEND ALL OF HIS COMMUNIST ADMINASTRATION TO PRISION. MAKE HIS UGLY WIFE PAY BACK EVERY DIME SHE HAS SPANT ON HER ELABORATE VACATIONS. SEND HOLDER TO KENYA WITH obama
Report Post »alpha2omega47
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 9:13pmAmen!
Report Post »philipzhao
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 10:59pmRemnds me of China’s blind activist Chen Guang cheng who knocked on the wrong door for “asylum” without realizing that the whole BHO Admnistration itself is a huge “ASYLUM” packed with lunatics bent on destroying America !!!!
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 11:28pmnews is coming out, research calls Frank marshal davis [communist and lover of stanley dunham] as barry’s natural father. it makes sense, too. in dec 1971 the dunhams flew a dishonored drunk and depressed and Broke barack obama in from mombasa to pay him to establish paternity for Saebarkah Soetoro …aka barry, so he could go to Punahou Academy… as frank marshal davis was ”unavailable”… yes, all the vetting and research is coming together.
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:27amYou do realize you look like a lunatic and make us all look bad, don’t you?
SMH
Report Post »eRtwngr
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:23pmWhen any agency of the government lies to we the people it gives me pause. When a government becomes so large and powerful as to no longer be accountable to the people it serves, it must be thrown off.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:51pmmaverickxt1
If Obama’s father really is Frank Marshall Davis, then Obama has no Kenyan blood in him.
Really that is none of our business who his parents are until one considers that he was sold to the American Public based on hype starting with his book the Audacity of Hope or is the Audacity of Hype?
It would have made us look at his communist filthy rich grandparents more & consider his communist & yet privileged private school upbringing more if it was known he was an illegitimate child. It would bring up the question why was Stanley hanging around Frank Davis? Answer is because she was a red diaper baby. & So is Barack.
Is illegitimate birth is inconsequential by itself & should not be held against him.
What should be held against him is that he grew up in among communists & yet he portrays himself other than a communist.
If you are communist then state it & be proud. We’ll vote up or down on that basis.
Report Post »toto
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 10:16pmWhile lineage is instructive, the man himself is an arrogant poser, someone that lies over and over again and no one in the press holds him accountable. A non political example: He promised, and Michele promised that they were going to adopt a shelter dog. It was an often repeated promise during the campaign. Their excuse for the dog they did get was allergy problems, that is bogus, their are non-allergenic dogs in shelters. Keeping their word is NOT something they do, even in the most mundane of things. Obama’s word means nothing. He is NOT an honorable man what ever his politics.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 10:38amThe Obama Bigots are funny in their insanity.
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 11:35amActually, it is our business who Obama’s parents are because only a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN can serve as President, and in case after Supreme Court case has decided, a natural born citizen is the child of 2 Citizens of the United States. As his B.C. states, this is not the case and is therefore not a natural born citizen and ineligible for the office of President.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 1:13pmSgtB
Report Post »Posted on May 7, 2012 at 11:35am
Actually, it is our business who Obama’s parents are because only a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN can serve as President, and in case after Supreme Court case has decided, a natural born citizen is the child of 2 Citizens of the United States. As his B.C. states, this is not the case and is therefore not a natural born citizen and ineligible for the office of President.
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That is not true, See the Wong decision that determined place of birth determined citizenship. There is no third class of citizenship, either you are Natural Born or Naturalized. I love how he drives you racists insane, so insane that you believe BS theories. I guess Romney is disqualified, his Father is from Mexico.
skippy6
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 6:05pmObama is a war criminal and should be impeached and tried as such….Anyone else with me on this one??? Snakes in the White House “Muslim Brotherhood” Obama is a traitor and is on the islamists side……
Report Post »chips1
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:04pmMost Americans are with you. Unforunately, Dems and RINOs don’t care.
Report Post »maverickxt1
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:15pmSEND obama BACK TO KENYA. SEND ALL OF HIS COMMUNIST ADMINASTRATION TO PRISION. MAKE HIS UGLY WIFE PAY BACK EVERY DIME SHE HAS SPANT ON HER ELABORATE VACATIONS.
Report Post »MEANS2RESIST
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 12:08amCongress too busy getting their insider trading tips and bribes from the lobby groups so they can stockpile the $$ and do nothing about the obama deception.
God Bless this Captain & his family.
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 9:30am@Skippy,Chip,Momrules,Means
Agree!!!
Report Post »encinom
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 2:28pmW. and Cheney authorized the use of torture.
Report Post »ThePostman
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 6:04pmThe army hates friendly fire. But I suppose they consider it a “natural” cause of death, at least when you are fighting for the good old USA.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 6:24pmHmmmmm… pfft.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 1:57amEspecially when leon panetta et al is running the show!
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 5:41pmI read about this story during the week and was saddened.
As a former Regular Army Recruiter/Station Commander for the ANC (Army Nurse Corp) assigned to the same Recruiting Company in which this man entered the US Army through in Rochester, NY, it truly makes me sad again.
I was in this Recuiting Company long ago as the very first Nurse Recruiter to hold this new position. Our Battalion was based in Syracuse which had 1 Nurse Recruiter covering half way from Albany to Buffalo. They added myself and a Recruiter in Buffalo.The Army was going through a big push to recruit R.N.’s during the eighties and we did extremely well both with Regular Army and Reserve Commissions. The selection and Commission process was NOT an easy one either for these Medical professionals.
The Regular Active Army required a 4yr BSN and the Reserves required 2, 3 yr (Diploma) as a minimum requirement with educational advancement to achieve BSN and beyond. BSN students in their senior years could submit applications and be granted a Commission in lieu of State Board results for State Nursing Licensure.
These fine Americans now as in the past, are the best of the best in their chosen profession and just as this Captain did (I’m positive), will always reflect great credit upon themselves, their units and the United States Army as well as their Country.
May this Captain and this true Army Professional rest in peace. He is in my prayes as well as his family.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 5:59pmTIME_2……….Thank you for your service then and for your continued service now to this great country.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 6:19pmThanks Mom. I wanted to write this without making myself the focus while providing some basic information about the system and how I know about it..
Although I was not in any way connected to the Medical Service Corps job skill-wise (MOS), it was an honor to learn about the NurSing field and how it applied to the Army. I was proud to be a part of the Army’s “Be All that You Can Be” era. It waS touch and go in the beginning of my Nurse Recruiting experience (obvious lack of knowledge regarding the profession), but I had the very professional and experienced Army Nurse Corps to bring me up to speed and allow me to represent them for a short period of time.
Report Post »recoveringneocon
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 6:53pmTime
Report Post »Darn, that was very well said. Thanks for sharing it with us.
TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:28pmRECOVERING. My pleasure.
Report Post »Abraham Young
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 9:02pmNo wonder you hate Ron Paul. You think all military service regardless of legitimacy should be given a pass.
Now we know the source of your bias – thanks for sharing.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 6:59amABE. Picture me giving you a swift kick in the rump, but I think some wall-to-wall counseling might be in order for you. Step inside my office.
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 5:23pmWhy are we still in that God forsaken country!!!!
Report Post »christopher.duncan2388
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:09pmAgreed, slowly withdrawing our troops does nothing but put the men and women still there in needless danger, either we remove EVERYONE or keep our troops there in full force so they can still be effective the way they are meant to be, but this half ass **** is only going to get our people killed… When you are few in numbers you’re easy prey
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 12:08amBecause the Navy can’t figure out how to get people out of a country with no navigable waters!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 5:14pmMy condolences to the family and Mrs Clark; this is the ultimate nightmare to happen to anyone, to see a loved one die by violent means and not able to get help for him. Get our troops home now.
Report Post »psadie
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 5:01pmWhy did it take two hours for someone to respond? Are they saying there was an assassin hiding in the closet? Time to get the hell out of that s–thole they call Afghanistan. Let them suffer their own fate.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 5:39pmThey also said he died of natural causes too….Good grief.
Report Post »Look4DBigPicture
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 4:59pmGod bless the Clark family. You’ve made the ultimate sacrifice and America owes you the truth.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 1:15amAmen .. I posted this earlier in the week .. we did not have anymore info than that the wife and he were communitcating on skype at the time .. that she had to try for 2 HOURS to get him help .. good God that poor woman .. and they know what they saw regarding the bullet hole .. they DESERVE THE TRUTH!
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 4:59pmNatural Causes? That is what kills Obama’s enemies.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 4:53pmSo he was murdered. I wonder…….Was his murderer in the closet, is that what they are saying?
Why would anyone lie about how he died? Who is being protected and why?
How tragic for both Capt. Clark and Mrs. Clark for having witnessed this but without her eye witness account this might have been covered up for some, as yet, unknown reason.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 1:16amI agree .. she was on skype at that time for a reason .. I believe divine intervention so this could NOT be covered up .. I pray they get the truth.
Report Post »Truth1776
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 4:53pmThank you Mrs. Clark for your husband’s service to our country and to you for speaking out on the truth. God be with you and keep you strong.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 5:04pmDitto… well said!
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 4:44pmTragic for this man and his family….one thing though, has anyone noticed we live in a world where an outright lie is labled as ‘misspoke’?
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 4:50pmYup…..the Ministry of Truth is alive and well.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 5:00pmBut why are they lying Mark? What purpose does it serve?
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 5:18pm@MOM…Its weird that the Army Spokesman would go out of his way to outright lie…‘Natural causes’ is a long way from a fatal bullet wound….something big is missing from this story and maybe we will find out of the ‘media’ stays on it…but it will more than likely get swept under the rug and some nonsense will replace it…Prayers for his family and friends.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 5:20pmI wondered the same thing, MOM. My guesses are that:
1) Our Dear Leaders don’t want to appear as incompetent as they are…..that a soldier could get shot in his own room while talking to his wife on Skype.
Report Post »2) Afghanistan is in even worse shape than we already think it is.
3) “They” are so used to lying and cover-ups it is all the Left knows how to do.
momrules
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 5:38pmMark and Copatriots………I just hope that the truth will come out. We lost one of our own and Mrs Clark lost her husband. She deserves the truth, we all do.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 6:14pmAgree, MOM, we are owed the truth, especially Capt Clark’s wife & family but I fear we will never learn it. Just like the dragging on of justice for 9/11 or more recently Fort Hood being delayed until so much of the country moves on to the next hot topic. I doubt this country will ever have an unbiased, truth-seeking media again much less will our government be fully able to rid itself of the infiltration of socialists, leftists, progs, et al.
My heart breaks for all of our military. We are in pointless engagements with no clear rules and certainly no real leadership. Our military is stretched far too thin and being intentionally weakened from the joke of a CiC.
The saddest part is the soldiers who pay the ultimate sacrifice as their leaders drive the final nails into this country’s coffin. God protect those brave men and women!
Report Post »mitchbarr
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 9:53pmThe coward that “Mispoke” needs to be dishonorably discharged for lying about a soldier that gave his life for his country.
Report Post »Restored One
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 11:28pmMOM and Mark and everyone, the media will not stay on this story unless we do. We need to demand answers and keep this in the media. The Travon case (no matter the cause or side you are on) never would have made the national media headlines without the community and their outcries. We the people need to keep the case and investigation going otherwise it will just go away like so many other tragic stories.
Report Post »Michael_Collins
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 2:31amCopatriots wrote:
Report Post »“3) “They” are so used to lying and cover-ups it is all the Left knows how to do.”
Are you for real? It was an “Army Spokesman” who said he died of natural causes and then said he *misspoke”.
Are the Army now the “left”?
copatriots
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 9:40am@ MICHAEL,
Are you that naive? I have the highest regard for our soldiers but I also know how the left operates. I have no idea who the “spokeman” is or where he got his orders or information. What I also know is that death from a gunshot doesn’t exactly look like “natural causes”. The “spokesman” either intentionally lied probably following orders or misinformation they received…… or is incompetent. But given the wife is speaking out and stating she is correcting “inaccurate information” to honor her husband, I stand by my original statement and propose a cover-up was in the works……likely ordered from the top on down to the spokesman.
Welcome to the new Amerika.
Report Post »junior1971
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 4:42pmFreaking aweful!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 4:40pmFate!
Report Post »valarie
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 4:35pmOh, gee… I wonder who did this? The religion of peace, I presume?
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 4:35pmGod be with you and comfort you, Mrs. Clark, during this very difficult time. Thank you for having the strength of character to stand for the truth. Your husband paid the ultimate sacrifice for this country and I, for one, am grateful for his service.
I wonder……just who are the “other parties” promulgating inaccurate information? Sad, sad, sad.
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