Name: Ross E Marks
First Name(s): Ross E
Last Name: Marks
Place of birth: West Virginia, Nicholas Cnty, Richwood
Rank: Pfc
ASN: 35752865
Company: A
Unit: 502nd PIR 1stBn 101st ABN Div
Reported as: POW ► DNB
Date of incident: 03-01-1945
Place of incident: Michamps
His story: Pfc Ross E Marks was captured, probably in a fighting near Bastogne. The Comander of his unit had instructed his men to flee if possible. Together with a fellow villager who also had been captured, he tried to escape, a German threw a grenade that blew off Billy’s head.
Unit history of 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment
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