CPL Robert John Marshall

CPL Robert John Marshall was born 5 Jul 1919 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was the only child of Frank Garfield and Mary Catherine (Allison) Marshall. His father worked as a laborer but by 1925 was not working and his mother supported the family as a laundress. Frank Marshall died in 1931. The family had lived in Lawrence and Abilene in Kansas.

After entering the Army, Robert attended is basic training and likely served in some other unit where he was promoted to CPL.  On 25 Jul 1944 he was transferred from the replacement depot to K Company 116th Infantry. CPl Marshall was killed in action on 7 Aug 1944 in the vicinity of Vire, France.

CPL Marshall was repatriated and re-interred in Abilene Cemetery in Abilene, Kansas next to his mother.