35th Infantry (Cacti) Regiment Association


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  PV2 Wendell Wayne Marshall    In memory of our fallen brother

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother"



Able Company
35th Infantry Regiment
Korean War


"Not For Fame or Reward
Not For Place or For Rank
But In Simple Obedience To
Duty as They Understood It"

National Defense Service Medal Korean Service Medal United Nations Korean Service Medal Republic of Korea War Service Medal



The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, PV2 Wendell Wayne Marshall, US55048595, who died in the service of his country on May 25th, 1951 in South Korea. The cause of death was listed as KIA. At the time of his death Wendell was 22 years of age. He was from Dupont, Indiana. Wendell's Military Occupation Specialty was 4745-Light Weapons Infantryman.

The decorations earned by PV2 Wendell Wayne Marshall include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Korea Service Medal, and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.


Private Marshall was a member of the 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on May 25, 1951. Private Marshall was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Wendell was the youngest son, of 14 children, of Dempsey and Bertha (Graper)Marshall.
Never married.
Burial:Dupont Cemetery ,Dupont, Jefferson County, Indiana