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Personal info

Full name
CROSS, Marshall Roy
Date of birth
14 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38402645
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Cannoneer
Unit
B Company,
38th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
56th General Hospital
Liège, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 9 5

Immediate family

Members
LeRoy Cross (father)
Ethel M. (Marshall) Cross (mother)

More information

Pfc Marshall R. Cross enlisted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 23 March 1943.

Last duty location: December 21, 1944, St.Vith, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Laura Phillips, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, www.7tharmddiv.org, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: Jac Engels, Laura Phillips