Louis V. Marsh

Louis V. Marsh
Personal details
Born	2 February 1920
Died	16 March 2005
Nativity	United States
Religion	Catholic
Awards	Silver Star
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
Arm / service	Coast Artillery Corps
ASN	01056160
Rank	First Lieutenant
Rank at Ritchie	Second Lieutenant
Camp Ritchie	Class 15 (4 January – 3 March 1944)
Section	7A
Teams	MII 407-G, MII 478-G

Awards and honors

Silver Star

• Listed in By The Numbers/Awards (from Ritchie Boy Secrets by Beverley Driver Eddy).

Teammates

Team — MII 407-G

Team — MII 478-G

These are other soldiers listed on the same team roster. People moved between teams; overlapping service dates are not always documented.

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Louis V. Marsh (1920 – 16 March 2005) was a Ritchie Boy (from United States; Catholic) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 15.

Biography

Louis V. Marsh was born on 2 February 1920. Commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Corps, he attended anti-aircraft officer training at Camp Davis in 1943 and arrived at Camp Ritchie on 4 January 1944. He completed the Class 15 French course on 3 March and sailed for Britain aboard the Queen Mary the following month.

Marsh served with MII Team 407, attached to the 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division. During an action near Dombasle, France, on 15 September 1944, his four-man party crossed the Meurthe River, killed three German soldiers, wounded one, captured eighteen, and eliminated a machine-gun position and roadblock. Marsh received the Silver Star for his gallantry and was later promoted to first lieutenant and placed in charge of MII Team 478-G with XXI Corps.

Marsh died on 16 March 2005.

Research notes

• MII 478-G w/XXI Corps
• Silver Star
• OCR (88%) of `6072873556067848.jpg` (CAMP RITCHIE, MILITARY INTELLIGENCE TRAINING CENTER, Camp Ritchie) — dated 3 March 1944
• The after-action report dates the action 15 September 1944; the citation says 16 September. The biography uses the contemporaneous report date and retains the citation in Sources.

Gallery

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  Louis V. Marsh studio portrait in officer uniform (RB Archive)
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  Louis V. Marsh at postwar Gettysburg College graduation (RB Archive)

Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	85
Class_ASN	56160
Class_Name	MARSH, Louis V.
match_method	asn_partial_name_exact
row_source	both

Timeline

• 2 February 1920 — Born.
• 22 February–20 May 1943 — Attended anti-aircraft officer training at Camp Davis, North Carolina.
• 4 January 1944 — Arrived at Camp Ritchie for the Class 15 French course.
• 3 March 1944 — Graduated from Camp Ritchie (Class 15).
• 10 April 1944 — Sailed for Scotland aboard the Queen Mary.
• 15 September 1944 — Took part in the Dombasle action with MII Team 407 and the 137th Infantry Regiment.
• World War II — Promoted to first lieutenant and commanded MII Team 478-G with XXI Corps.
• 16 March 2005 — Died.

Sources

• Louis V. Marsh at postwar Gettysburg College graduation (RB Archive)
• Camp Ritchie certificate for Louis V. Marsh, 3 March 1944
• RB Archive family packet: Camp Ritchie records, Silver Star citation, and 137th Infantry Regiment after-action report
• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2023-01-22 (1 post)
• OCR-reviewed Facebook gallery document: 6072873556067848.jpg
• Camp Ritchie Military Intelligence Training Center certificate, class 15, 3 March 1944
• Photograph from the Louis V. Marsh gallery
• Louis V. Marsh portrait from the wartime gallery
• Louis V. Marsh gallery photograph
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 22 January 2023 (Silver Star citation, after-action report, service account, and gallery)