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Personal info

Full name
MARSHALL, Edward Athelstan Jr
Date of birth
7 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Maryland
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
O-514654
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
Near Viviers, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 14 11

Immediate family

Members
Julian H. Marshall (father)
Eleanor H. (Jones) Marshall (mother)
Julian H. Marshall (brother)
Strother Marshall (brother)
Marion Marshall (sister)

More information

2nd Lt Edward A. Marshall graduated from John Hopkins University in February 1943 where he joined the ROTC. He received his commission in May 1943 at Fort Benning, Georgia and was sent overseas in August 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

He is remembered the the Druid Ridge Cemetery in Pikesville, Baltimore County, Maryland.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com,- Orville L. Kline www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Marshall Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Records, www.newspapers.com - The Baltimore Sun, Maryland, 29 Nov. 1944, AAR 51st AIB August 44 thru May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael V. Drachman, Stephani - www.newspapers.com - The Baltimore Sun - 29 November 1944