RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):
Hitchins, Kentucky
FULL NAME:
Edgel Marshall
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):
35773017
- DATE OF BIRTH: Sept 9, 1924
- DATE OF DEATH: Aug 6, 2010
DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
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DATE OF ENLISTMENT:Aug 25, 1943
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PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:Huntington, WV
ORGANIZATION:
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MAIN UNIT:9th Infantry Regiment
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SUBUNIT:Company E, 2nd Battalion
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
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RANK:Private First Class (Pfc.)
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POSITION IN UNIT:Rifleman
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:
✭ Normandy Campaign (6 June – 24 July 1944), ✭ Northern France Campaign (25 July – 14 September 1944), ✭ Ardennes-Alsace Campaign (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945), ✭ Rhineland Campaign (15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945), ✭ Central Europe Campaign (22 March – 11 May 1945)
DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS (AWARDS):
🎖Bronze Star Medal, 🎖Good Conduct Medal, 🎖American Campaign Medal, 🎖European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 🎖WWII Victory Medal, 🎖Distinguished Unit Citation, 🎖Honorable Service Lapel Button, 🎖Combat Infantry Badge
SUMMARY OF HIS SERVICE:
337 days in combat (327 in contact with the enemy). Certificate of Merit: He displayed conspicuous gallantry in an attack on Herperschied, Germany. He repeatedly exposed himself to heavy enemy fire to carry messages between his platoon and the company command post". Col PD Ginder (9th Infantry).
Started D-Day +1. Date of separation: 10/28/1945. Separation Center: Camp Fannin, Texas. I believed he trained at Camp Fannin and was in Scotland prior to D-Day but not sure.
Worked at the General Refractories Firebrick Plant in Hitchins, Ky. He loved family, sports, and animals. He never talked much about his service, except that he just did his job and that his fellow soldiers were the finest men he ever knew. He often talked about his fellow soldiers, telling tales of the fun they had and how brave they were. He would never talk about himself.
