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PFC Marshall Earl Whiteman Veteran

Birth: 31 Dec 1933
Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri, USA
Death: 9 Apr 1953 (aged 19)
North Korea
Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery

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Pfc. Marshall Earl Whiteman was KIA in Korea. He was killed on Carson Hill/Outpost in Un-Gok, North Korea 8 miles east of Panmunjom, Korea (which is right on the border of North and South Korea)when their position was overrun. At the time there were negotiations going on in Panmunjom that would shortly after lead to a truce. Marshall was a member of the USMC, Co B, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. He was posthumously awarded the following: Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, Korean Presidental Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Marshall was the son of John Casey Whiteman, Sr. and Earlie (NMI) Sanders and younger brother of 2nd Lt. George Allison Whiteman for whom Whiteman Air Force Base was named in honor of. He married Shirley Jo Snyder, daughter of Joseph Theodore Snyder and Ida Lucille Palmer of Missouri. Shirley later remarried Donald Williams in 1956.

Pfc. Marshall Earl Whiteman was KIA in Korea. He was killed on Carson Hill/Outpost in Un-Gok, North Korea 8 miles east of Panmunjom, Korea (which is right on the border of North and South Korea)when their position was overrun. At the time there were negotiations going on in Panmunjom that would shortly after lead to a truce. Marshall was a member of the USMC, Co B, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. He was posthumously awarded the following: Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, Korean Presidental Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Marshall was the son of John Casey Whiteman, Sr. and Earlie (NMI) Sanders and younger brother of 2nd Lt. George Allison Whiteman for whom Whiteman Air Force Base was named in honor of. He married Shirley Jo Snyder, daughter of Joseph Theodore Snyder and Ida Lucille Palmer of Missouri. Shirley later remarried Donald Williams in 1956.

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Created by: Elaine
Added: Apr 22, 2012
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88983638/marshall_earl-whiteman: accessed ), memorial page for PFC Marshall Earl Whiteman (31 Dec 1933–9 Apr 1953), Find a Grave Memorial ID 88983638, citing Memorial Park Cemetery, Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Elaine (contributor 47251446).

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