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Personal info

Full name
MARSH, William Raleigh
Date of birth
14 January 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina
Hometown
Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
O-537428
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
13 December 1944
Place of death
Leiffarth, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 3 14

Immediate family

Members
Edgar M. Marsh (father)
Sarah M. (Mickle) Marsh (mother)
Edgar M. Marsh Jr. (brother)
Robert Marsh (brother)
Esther Marsh (sister)
Samuel M. Marsh (brother)

More information

2nd Lt William R. Marsh was an honor graduate of Clemson College in 1943. He completed the officers training course at Fort Benning, Georgia, in April 1944, and also received training at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, and Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He had been overseas since October.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, Deborah Marsh Nichols Family Tree, https://cualumni.clemson.edu/page.aspx?pid=1491, http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/89/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, https://cualumni.clemson.edu/page.aspx?pid=1491