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Personal info

Full name
MARSHALL, William Wallace "Wally"
Date of birth
29 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey
Hometown
Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
O-514721
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Field Artillery Battalion,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Clervaux, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 1 23

Immediate family

Members
Henry P. Marshall (father)
Dorothy L. (Burke) Marshall (mother)
Burke Marshall (brother)
Jane Marshall (sister)
Grace Marshall (sister)

More information

William W. Marshall graduated from Exeter Academy in New Hampshire and Yale University. A member of the ROTC, he was commissioned upon graduation.

He was killed by machine gun fire.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Adler Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Courier-News, Yale Review - Obituaries 1944/1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Phillips Exeter Academy 1939, www.newspapers.com - The Courier-News