Marcus Jewel Elwood

Monuments

First Division -Henri Chapelle

Name:

Jewel Elwood Marcus

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

Unit:

18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1944-10-10

State:

Tennessee

Cemetery:

Morris Cemetery, Greenfield, Tennessee

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Jewell Elwood Marcus was born on July 8, 1912. He was the son of John Brown Marcus and Lillie Belle Wallace Marcus. Jewell entered the military service on March 2, 1943 in Georgia. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Private First Class in Company G, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He died on October 10, 1944 in Germany at the age of 32 and is now buried in Morris Cemetery, Greenfield, Weakley County, Tennessee, USA.