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PVT Marcus Ewing Chamblee

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PVT Marcus Ewing Chamblee

Birth
Itawamba County, Mississippi, USA
Death
22 Jan 1945 (aged 20)
Burial
Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy Add to Map
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Pvt Marcus Ewing Chamblee, son of Charlie N and Ida Bell Chamblee, born 1924, entered service on May 12, 1943, took his US Army basic training at Camp Shelby, sailed via Fort Meade, MD on November 1, 1943 to North Africa. From there sailed to Italy as part of the 141 Infantry 36 Division (service #34631122), where he encountered heavy enemy fire while establishing a bridgehead on the Rapido River and failed to return. Reported missing in action, declared dead while missing on January 22, 1944. He was posthumously awarded a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. He is memorialized at Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, an American Battle Monuments Commission location.

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COMMENDATIONS
★ Bronze Star
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Pvt Marcus Ewing Chamblee, son of Charlie N and Ida Bell Chamblee, born 1924, entered service on May 12, 1943, took his US Army basic training at Camp Shelby, sailed via Fort Meade, MD on November 1, 1943 to North Africa. From there sailed to Italy as part of the 141 Infantry 36 Division (service #34631122), where he encountered heavy enemy fire while establishing a bridgehead on the Rapido River and failed to return. Reported missing in action, declared dead while missing on January 22, 1944. He was posthumously awarded a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. He is memorialized at Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, an American Battle Monuments Commission location.

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COMMENDATIONS
★ Bronze Star
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign

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PVT 141 INF 36 DIV MISSISSIPPI

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Entered the service from Mississippi.

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