USS LEXINGTON Former Crew Member

Name: Clark, Andrew Charles

Service Dates: April 1968 to August 27, 1969

Rank/Duty Assigned: ABE3/E4 Catapult Maintenance & Operations

From Lebanon, Kentucky, served aboard the Lex when it was based out of Pensacola. We had duty in the Gulf of Mexico, mostly training new pilots from Corpus Christi & Pensacola bases. Also cruised Atlantic coast spending time in Jacksonville &Boston. I’ve lived and worked throughout Kentucky since serving in the Navy. 15 years as an executive with Boy Scouts of America and 20 years as Environmental Scientist with Kentucky Division of Water. Have also owned and operated an Angus beef farm for several years and currently live back in Lebanon. Will retire from the state at the end of 2011 and plan to teach biology part-time at Campbellsville University. I’ve been blessed with a great wife, 3 children, their spouses and 6 grandchildren (set of twins on the way!)