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Marshall
Grahlfs
Peabody
KIA (WWI)
November 8, 1882

–

October 8, 1918

Cemetery:

A.B.M.C. Meuse-Argonne

Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant (Infantry)

    Batallion:

    306th Machine-Gun Battalion

    Division:

    77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 4, 1918
    War Department, General Orders No. 56 (1922)

    By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Marshall G. Peabody, United States Army, is cited for gallantry in action and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the Victory Medals awarded him. Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Peabody distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving with the 306th Machine-Gun Battalion, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in action near Fismes, France, 4 September 1918. After the captain and second in command of his company had been killed, he took charge of the company then crossing the Vesle River under terrific shell fire, and by his gallantly and leadership reorganized it, kept the company intact, and courageously led it until the objective was reached.

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant (Infantry)

    Batallion:

    306th Machine-Gun Battalion

    Division:

    77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 4 – 5, 1918
    War Department, General Orders No. 56 (1922)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Marshall Grahlfs Peabody, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 306th Machine-Gun Battalion, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Moulin-de-Charlevaux, in the Forest d’Argonne, France, October 4 – 5, 1918. While commanding a detachment of his battalion operating with a battalion of the 308th Infantry, Lieutenant Peabody, although badly wounded, continued to personally direct the fire and operation of his machine guns, which were continuously meeting and shattering the repeated hostile attacks and defending the entire Infantry detachment in its exposed and precarious position. While crawling in a severely wounded condition to a machine gun in a most exposed position, he was killed by enemy machine-gun fire.