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Byron H. Marsh

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NAME:
Byron Huntington Marsh
NICKNAME:
Buddy
SERVICE NUMBER:
470872
HOME OF RECORD:
Waynesville, NC
NEXT OF KIN:
Parents, Byron S. & Dorothy Marsh
DATE OF BIRTH:
11/30/1924
SERVICE DATES:
1942 – 7/9/1946
DATE OF DEATH:
1/4/1954
CAMPAIGN UNIT MOS RATE RESULT
Roi-Namur A/1/24 521 Corporal Rear Echelon
Saipan A/1/24 653 Corporal SICK
INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS:
Good Conduct Medal
LAST KNOWN RANK:
Sergeant

Biography coming soon.

A young Byron Marsh in his first uniform–a cadet at Fishburne Military Institute. Photo from Ancestry.com.
A young Byron Marsh in his first uniform–a cadet at Fishburne Military School. Photo from Ancestry.com.

2 thoughts on “Byron H. Marsh”

  1. This was my father, who committed suicide at age 29 a month after my 6th birthday. I feel sure we’d now attribute his death to PTSD
    Byron P Marsh

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