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Russell Clark

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Russell Lee Clark (August 9, 1898-December 24, 1968) was a member of the Dillinger Gang. He was from Vigo County, Indiana, and of English and Scottish descent. Alongside John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, Homer Van Meter, Red Hamilton, Charles Makley, Eddie Green, Tommy Carroll, Harry Pierpont, and John Paul Chase, he is one of the most well known members of the Dillinger Gang. The ten of them not only robbed banks together but also raided police stations and FBI buildings in order to steal weapons, technology, and bulletproof vests. On Christmas Eve of 1968, he died from cancer.