Cross, Marquis Benjamin, S/SGT

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Staff Sergeant
Last Service Branch
Signal Corps
Last Primary MOS
778-Radio Mechanic AACS
Last MOS Group
Signal
Primary Unit
1942-1945, 778, US Army Air Force (USAAF)
Service Years
1942 - 1945
Signal Corps
Staff Sergeant
Two Service Stripes
Three Overseas Service Bars

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Home State
West Virginia
West Virginia
 Year of Birth
1901
 
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Home Town
Parsons
Date of Passing
Dec 31, 1959		  

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STAFF SERGEANT MARQUIS BENJAMIN CROSS WORKED AS A COAL MINER NEAR DAVIS WEST VIRGINIA AND HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 3 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS DURING WW1 SERVING IN FRANCE BEFORE HE ENLISTED IN THE USAAF ON 24 DECEMBER 1942. AFTER ATTENDING AIRWAY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM SCHOOL AT SCOTT FIELD ILLINOIS HE WAS SENT TO AUSTRALIA ON 15 OCTOBER 1943.  WHILE IN THE PACIFIC HE SERVED WITH 141ST ARMY AIRWAYS COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRON UNTIL 4 SEPTEMBER 1945. ON 10 SEPTEMBER 1945 S/SGT CROSS WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED. THE SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX LISTS HIS DATE OF PASSING AS DECEMBER OF 1959.
   
   1942-1945, 778, US Army Air Force (USAAF)

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Kelley, James B., SGT, (1941-1945) SC 754 Sergeant
Roberts, Glenn, SGT, (1941-1945) SC 756 Sergeant
Corrall, Joseph P., Cpl, (1942-1945) SC 238 Corporal
Cox, Irving Harold, Cpl, (1942-1945) SC 953 Corporal
Lochiner, John Joseph, Cpl, (1942-1945) SC 945 Corporal
Compston, Roger, PFC, (1942-1945) SC 756 Private First Class
Weaver, Walter Reed, MG, (1908-1943) AV AAF 1065 Major General
Roosevelt, Elliott, BG, (1940-1945) AV 1980 Brigadier General
Dyess, William Edwin, LTC, (1936-1943) AV AAF 1056 Lieutenant Colonel
Mathis, Peyton Spottswood, LTC, (1940-1944) AV 1981 Lieutenant Colonel
Pound, William Roy, LTC, (1940-1947) AV AAF 1091 Lieutenant Colonel
Draper, William Grafton, MAJ, (1942-1947) AV AAF 1092 Major
Gordon, Matthew Michael, MAJ, (1939-1945) AV AAF 1056 Major
Johnson, Robert Samuel, MAJ, (1941-1947) AV AAF 1056 Major
MacDonald, Charles Henry, COL, (1938-1947) AV AAF 1058 Major
Tyra, Henry "Hank", MAJ AV 1980 Major
Watson, Harold Francis, MAJ, (1939-1947) AV AAF 1082 Major
Williams, Griffith Paul, MAJ, (1940-1947) AV AAF 1082 Major
Youngblood, Lucian Nevelson, CPT, (1936-1947) AV AAF 1082 Major
Berry, Kearie Lee, CPT, (1943-1947) AV AAF 1056 Captain
Brown, Robert Hawthorne, CPT, (1942-1943) AV AAF 1036 Captain
Davis, Devon Maurice, CPT, (1941-1947) AV AAF 1024 Captain
Fitzhugh, William N., CPT, (1940-1947) AV AAF 1054 Captain
Greenberg, Henry B., CPT, (1941-1945) AV 2518 Captain
Macy, Ruben W., CPT, (1942-1956) AV AAF 1058 Captain
Paschal, Thomas Clayton, CPT, (1940-1944) AV AAF 1093 Captain
Stanborough, Zachariah T., CPT, (1942-1945) AV AAF 1092 Captain
Walker, Joseph Albert, CPT, (1942-1945) AV AAF 1056 Captain
Zamperini, Louis Silvie, CPT, (1941-1946) AV AAF 1036 Captain
Atkinson, Robert Edward, CPT, (1940-1943) AV AAF 1056 First Lieutenant
Biggs, Cecil W., 1LT, (1941-1944) AV AAF 1054 First Lieutenant
Blose, James Wendell, 1LT, (1941-1942) AV AAF 1056 First Lieutenant
Cook, Wayne, 1LT, (1942-1946) AV AAF 1056 First Lieutenant
Gullion, James P., 1LT, (1942-1944) AV AAF 1035 First Lieutenant
Hedrick, John J, 1LT, (1943-1945) AAF AAF 1037 First Lieutenant
Kendall, Robert Stanton, 1LT, (1943-1945) AV AAF 1093 First Lieutenant
Miller, Robert H., 1LT, (1941-1943) AV AAF 1082 First Lieutenant
Patton, William, 1LT, (1934-1945) AV AAF 1056 First Lieutenant
Pearce, William L., 1LT, (1942-1944) AV AAF 1054 First Lieutenant
Prunty, John W., 1LT AV AAF 1082 First Lieutenant
Stiles, Bert, 1LT, (1943-1944) AV AAF 1056 First Lieutenant
Williams, Samuel Belk, 1LT, (1942-1944) AV AAF 1054 First Lieutenant
Eastman, Arthur F,, 2LT, (1942-1944) AV AAF 1058 Second Lieutenant
Fulmer, Edward Simons, 2LT, (1941-1945) AV AAF 775 Second Lieutenant
Green, Herschel H., MAJ, (1941-1947) AV AAF 1056 Second Lieutenant
Hale, Robert L., 2LT, (1942-1943) AV AAF 1054 Second Lieutenant
Harper, Philip Hugh, 2LT, (1942-1944) AV AAF 1036 Second Lieutenant
Harris, Billie Dowe, 1LT, (1942-1944) AV AAF 1056 Second Lieutenant
Hoskin, Harold, 2LT, (1942-1943) AV AAF 1093 Second Lieutenant
Rehmet, Leland, 2LT, (1943-1944) AV AAF 1055 Second Lieutenant
Risley, George W., 2LT, (1940-1944) AV AAF 274 Second Lieutenant
Silverman, David L., 2LT, (1941-1942) AV AAF 1056 Second Lieutenant
Sutcliffe, George L., 1LT, (1943-1945) AV AAF 1056 Second Lieutenant
Widsteen, John Austin, 2LT, (1941-1944) AV AAF 1093 Second Lieutenant
Yenner, Thomas R., 2LT, (1942-1944) AV AAF 1035 Second Lieutenant
Kisner, Dale, M/SGT, (1941-1945) OD 684 Master Sergeant
Noland, Emory Ernest, M/SGT, (1940-1945) AV AAF 612 Master Sergeant
Owens, Junior, M/SGT, (1942-1945) OD 911 Master Sergeant
Autry, Orvon Gene, 1LT AV AAF 1055 Technical Sergeant

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