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Personal info

Full name
FLEMING, Marshall Thomas Jr
Date of birth
8 February 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Ethnicity
African American

Military service

Service number
33786469
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
532nd Quartermaster Salvation & Repair Company
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
5 April 1945
Place of death
Viersen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 7 19

Immediate family

Members
Marshall T. Fleming (father)
Millicent C. Fleming (mother)
Millicent V. Fleming (sister)
Donald Fleming (brother)
Marjorie Fleming (sister)
Anne (Williams) Fleming (sister)
Charles Fleming (brother)

More information

Pvt Marshall T. Fleming Jr. graduated from Northeast High School in January 1943 and worked for the American Store Co. in his hometown.

He enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 22 June 1943 and was sent overseas in December 1943.

He was injured in a truck accident and diagnozed with hematoma in a hospital on 25 March and remained hospitalized until he succumbed to his injuries and passed away.

He is remembered at the Mount Zion Cemetery Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, Annabel Winterberg, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Applications WWII 1950, The Philadelphia Inquirer 26 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, https://billiongraves.nl/grave/Marshall-T-Fleming/5543008, Wanda Banks-Fleming