Waid Marshall S.

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Marshall S. Waid is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Liberation of Saint-Malo Plaque - 329th Infantry Regiment

Name:

Marshall S. Waid

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

31184399

Unit:

329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1944-08-13

State:

Massachusetts

Cemetery:

Gethsemane Cemetery, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

Plot:

Resurrection

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Marshall S. Waid was born on May 19, 1919. He was the son of Alice L. Goodell Hollywood and Fred Waid. He attended Petersham High School. He worked as a core maker at Barre Foundry and later at Highland Foundry in Athol before entering the service on October 5, 1942.

Marshall Waid served in Company K, 329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division, as a Private First Class during World War II. He was Killed in Action on August 13, 1944, during the Liberation of Saint-Malo in France. He was buried at Gethsemane Cemetery, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA, and was awarded the Purple Heart.