MARSH, Wayne T. (Sgt)
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 18 Sep 1944 p 1
Veedersburg, Jan. 3—The body of Sgt. Wayne T. Marsh will arrive here Wednesday afternoon for final burial services. He was killed in England Sept. 3, 1944, and temporarily interred there. He was 28 at the time of his death. Sgt. Marsh was born here Dec. 24, 1915, the son of Elmer and Esta Gookins Marsh. He was graduated from Veedersburg high school in 1934. He married Dorothy Gardner, of Covington, in 1938. Before his induction into the Army in 1942, he worked at the Fountain County Co-operative in the petroleum department. His training in the service included work at Fort Bragg, N. C., Camp Ripley, Minn., and Lockburn Air Base, Columbus, O. He went overseas with the 8th Air Force. Survivors include the parents; a sister, Mrs. Mable Allen, and a brother, Ramon Marsh, both of Veedersburg. The body will be taken to the Fishero funeral home. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:30 p. m. at the Christian church here. Rev. George Winwiddie, of Elletsville, a former chaplain in Marsh’s outfit, and Rev. William Wire of the Veedersburg Methodist church will be in charge of the services. Burial will be in Rock Field cemetery. The Charles Forrest American Legion post will have charge of graveside ceremonies. --typed by Walt W
Source: Kingman Star Thursday, October 5, 1944
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Marsh of Veedersburg have received particulars concerning the death of their son, Sgt. Wayne Marsh, who died as a result of a plane crash at the airport where he was stationed in England. The plane, a bomber, was fully loaded and Sgt. Marsh was evidently standing near by the scene of the explosion. – s-
Source: Kingman Star, Friday, January 7, 1949
The body of Sgt. Wayne T. Marsh, who was killed in England during World War II, will arrive in Veedersburg on Wednesday, Jan. 5th, according to a telegram from Chicago to the Fishero Funeral Home, which is to receive the body. Arrangements for the funeral are incomplete. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Marsh, reside here. Other relatives include a brother, Ramon and a sister, Mrs. Mabel Allen, of this city.
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Source: Kingman Star Friday, April 9, 1948
Veedersburg—The remains of Wayne Marsh, veteran of World War II, who lost his life in England, will be returned to Veedersburg for burial. The date of arrival is not known. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Marsh.
The body of Forrest Babb, also a World War II veteran and a native of Fountain County, will be returned for burial. He lost his life in the Normandy invasion. Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Babb, now of Rockford, Ill., are the youth’s parents. The date of arrival is not known.
The casketed remains of Staff Sergeant Mervin A. Jackson, a World War II deceased member of the United States Army from Kingman, Indiana, being returned from overseas for final burial, will arrive in Kingman, Indiana in the next few days accompanied by a uniformed Army Escort from the Chicago Distribution Center of the American Graves Registration Division.
The body of Staff Sergeant Mervin A. Jackson, who served overseas, was interred in the Henri-Chapelle temporary military cemetery in Belgium, but has been returned to this country for final interment at the request of his next of kin, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse R. Jackson, Route 2, Kingman, Ind.
A nation wide poll of representative group of the 300,000 Gold Star families who lost members overseas during World War II indicated that 70 percent desired to have their deceased warriors brought back to their homeland for final interment. Thus over 6,700 of Indiana’s fallen dead will be returned through the Chicago Distribution Center the next two years from their temporary resting places now scattered throughout the world.