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200 Yale University Obituary Record
pean Theatre of Operations September 7, 1944, participating in Batde of
Germany, later assigned to 314th Field Artillery Battalion, 80th Division,
as forward observer and motor officer; received battlefield promotion to
First Lieutenant February 6, 1945; on February 16 was cited and awarded
Bronze Star for heroic service during actual combat in Luxembourg, December, 1944.
Lieutenant Marsh was killed while attempting to find an alternate route
into Koblenz arpund the Moselle Valley which obstructed the advance of
the Third Army Buried in U.S. Military Cemetery, Hamm, Luxembourg.
Survived by parents, a sister, Miss Mary Trowbridge Marsh, and a
brother, Charles Allen Marsh, both of Winnetka.
Carter Palmer, B.A. 1942.
Born June 6,1920, in Providence, R.I.
Died March 21, 1945, in Germany.
Father, Edward Carter Palmer (Brown Univ. ex-66)9 partner Richardson & Clark, investments, Providence; son of Charles Russell and Ella
(Manwell) Palmer of Providence Mother, Louise Kingsley (Robinson)
Palmer; daughter of Louis Elmer and Louise Seymore (Stokes) Robinson of Providence
Moses Brown School, Providence. Member Yale University Dramatic
Association (on advisory board Senior year), Dwight Hall, Yale Political
Union, Silhman College, and Alpha Sigma Phi.
Attended Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company apprentice
school, Providence. Unmarried
Inducted into Army of the United States September 17, 1942; attended
Army Air Forces Ground School, Craig Field, Selma, Ala., September-
October, 1942, and attached to 92d Single Engine Flying Training Squadron October 1, 1942-October 1, 1943; promoted corporal January, 1943,
and assigned as crew chief on an advanced training plane; attended University of Alabama and Georgetown University under Army Specialized
Training Program; transferred to Office of Strategic Services, Washington,
October 18, 1943, and to the Infantry October 6, 1944; trained at Camp
Pickett October-December, 1944; sent overseas as a replacement about
February 1,1945, and assigned to 26th Infantry.
Corporal Palmer was instandy killed when hit by shrapnel from an
enemy shell. Buried in an American cemetery near Henri Chapelle, Belgium Posthumously awarded the Order of the Purple Heart and Bronze
Star for heroic achievement in connection with military operations against
the enemy in the vicinity of Wullscheid, Germany, March 17, 1945. Survived by parents and a sister, Natalie P. Frost, the wife of Lieut. John
Windsor Frost, A U.S. (Univ. Virginia ^#-'44).
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1940-1945 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1940-1945 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
| Title | Page 200 |
| Transcript | 200 Yale University Obituary Record pean Theatre of Operations September 7, 1944, participating in Batde of Germany, later assigned to 314th Field Artillery Battalion, 80th Division, as forward observer and motor officer; received battlefield promotion to First Lieutenant February 6, 1945; on February 16 was cited and awarded Bronze Star for heroic service during actual combat in Luxembourg, December, 1944. Lieutenant Marsh was killed while attempting to find an alternate route into Koblenz arpund the Moselle Valley which obstructed the advance of the Third Army Buried in U.S. Military Cemetery, Hamm, Luxembourg. Survived by parents, a sister, Miss Mary Trowbridge Marsh, and a brother, Charles Allen Marsh, both of Winnetka. Carter Palmer, B.A. 1942. Born June 6,1920, in Providence, R.I. Died March 21, 1945, in Germany. Father, Edward Carter Palmer (Brown Univ. ex-66)9 partner Richardson & Clark, investments, Providence; son of Charles Russell and Ella (Manwell) Palmer of Providence Mother, Louise Kingsley (Robinson) Palmer; daughter of Louis Elmer and Louise Seymore (Stokes) Robinson of Providence Moses Brown School, Providence. Member Yale University Dramatic Association (on advisory board Senior year), Dwight Hall, Yale Political Union, Silhman College, and Alpha Sigma Phi. Attended Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company apprentice school, Providence. Unmarried Inducted into Army of the United States September 17, 1942; attended Army Air Forces Ground School, Craig Field, Selma, Ala., September- October, 1942, and attached to 92d Single Engine Flying Training Squadron October 1, 1942-October 1, 1943; promoted corporal January, 1943, and assigned as crew chief on an advanced training plane; attended University of Alabama and Georgetown University under Army Specialized Training Program; transferred to Office of Strategic Services, Washington, October 18, 1943, and to the Infantry October 6, 1944; trained at Camp Pickett October-December, 1944; sent overseas as a replacement about February 1,1945, and assigned to 26th Infantry. Corporal Palmer was instandy killed when hit by shrapnel from an enemy shell. Buried in an American cemetery near Henri Chapelle, Belgium Posthumously awarded the Order of the Purple Heart and Bronze Star for heroic achievement in connection with military operations against the enemy in the vicinity of Wullscheid, Germany, March 17, 1945. Survived by parents and a sister, Natalie P. Frost, the wife of Lieut. John Windsor Frost, A U.S. (Univ. Virginia ^#-'44). |
