Reginald S. Marshall

509th PIA

NAME: Reginald S. Marshall

ASN: WWII - 12225862 KOREA - O-2041302

PLACE OF BIRTH:

DATE OF BIRTH: 30 Jun 1925

DATES OF SERVICE: 19 June 1943 - 00 December 1945, 00 May 1951 - 00 July 1954

UNIT ASSIGNED: Headquarters, 509th Parachute Infantry

60th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division

CAMPAIGNS: Rome-Arno, Southern France, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe, Rhineland

AWARDS: WWII: Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge with one combat jump star (Southern France), WWII Victory Medal, Presidential Unit Citiation, European African Middle-Eastern Campaign Medal with arrowhead and five bronze star devices, Purple Heart Medal (Wounded in Ardennes), Good Conduct Medal

KOREA: Korean Service Medal with three bronze star devices, UN Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart Medal (2nd Award), Bronze Star Medal, Senior Parachutist Badge

SUMMARY OF SERVICE: Pvt.

WORLD WAR II Service

19 Jun 1943 - Enlisted at New York City, NY - NARA Enlistment Record

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 12225862

NAME MARSHALL#REGINALD#S#####

RESIDENCE: STATE NEW YORK

RESIDENCE: COUNTY KINGS

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK

DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY 19

DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH 06

DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR 43

GRADE: CODE Private

BRANCH: CODE Philippine Scouts

SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL Civil Life

NATIVITY NEW YORK

YEAR OF BIRTH 25

RACE AND CITIZENSHIP White, citizen

EDUCATION 4 years of high school

MARITAL STATUS Single, without dependents

COMPONENT OF THE ARMY Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status)

BOX NUMBER 0105

FILM REEL NUMBER 1.98#

Served as a Radio Operator

Wounded in the Ardennes

After the war went into the Reserves

KOREAN WAR Service

00 May 1951 - Called back into active service as 2nd Leiutenant

25 - 29 Apr 1952 - Officer in charge of his units participation in Exercise DESERT ROCK IV held at Camp Desert Rock, Nevada, in which Soldiers were witness to the Atomic explosion test. Atomic Veterans - https://www.dtra.mil/Mission/Nuclear-Test-Personnel-Review/Atomic-Vets-Service-Certificate/

00 May 1952 - Promoted to 1st Leiutenant

19 Jun 1952 - Wounded in Korea in vicinity of Heartbreak Ridge while assigned to 60th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division

NAME OF CASUALTY MARSHALL REGINALD

SERVICE PREFIX AND NUMBER O-2041302

GRADE 1st Lieutenant

GRADE CODE First Lieutenant

BRANCH Infantry

PLACE OF CASUALTY North Korea Sector

DAY OF CASUALTY 19

MONTH OF CASUALTY JUNE

YEAR OF CASUALTY 1952

STATE OF RESIDENCE New York

COUNTY OF RESIDENCE Nassau

TYPE OF CASUALTY Returned to Duty (FECOM)

PREVIOUS/DETAIL CODE OF CASUALTY Otherwise injured in action, hospitalized

CASUALTY GROUP CODE Returned to Duty (FECOM)

PLACE OF DISPOSITION North Korea

DAY OF DISPOSITION 22

MONTH OF DISPOSITION Jun

YEAR OF DISPOSITION 1952

YEAR OF BIRTH

MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY CODE Field Communications Chief

TROOP PROGRAM SEQUENCE NUMBER IN DIV - 25TH

TROOP PROGRAM SEQUENCE NUMBER ELEMENT SEQUENCE 60 IN DIV INF REGT

UNIT 0035

RACE CODE OR RACIAL GROUP CODE White

COMPONENT Organized Reserve Corps (ORC)

Assigned to 505th Parachute Infantry at Fort Bragg, NC

00 Jul 1954 - Seperated from service with combined service time from WWII and Korea 5 yr, 11 mo, 8 days

00 Oct 1965 - Promotion to Major as a Reserve Commissioned Officer of the Army

22 Sep 1987 - MARSHALL, REGINALD S MAJ US ARMY WORLD WAR II, KOREA DATE OF BIRTH: 06/30/1925 DATE OF DEATH: 09/22/1987 BURIED AT: SECTION 8 SITE 6905 CALVERTON NATIONAL CEMETERY 210 PRINCETON BOULEVARD RT 25 CALVERTON, NY 11933 (631) 727-5410


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