McCLAIN, Marshall, born 24 July 1899, TN, died 24 Sep 1976, buried Swiss Cemetery, Hohenwald, TN. Son of Charlie McCLAIN (b. May 1877) and Lori SKILLERN (or RICKETTS), (b. Apr. 1882). Siblings: Virgil, b. Feb 1898, Nancy who married Dan BREWER; and Annie who is buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery, Wayne Co., TN.
Marshall married Stalla PEVAHOUSE of Lewis County, Tennessee.
Marshall volunteered on 5 July 1917, along with Clyde and Harvel C. EDWARDS, Barney and Fate SKELTON at Allens Creek in Wayne County, TN. They were assigned to the 56rh Infantry. On 15 Dec 1917 the Third Division Ammunition Train was organized at Ft. Oglethorpe. GA by transferring men from the cavalry down on the border, and from coastal artillery and the infantry. Marshall was transferred and assigned to Co. D, 3rd Division, Ammunition Train Motorized. On January 1st, they got their first Nash Quad trucks and started loading them onto flatcars headed for Norfolk, VA where they would be sent to France. In early February 1918, the unit was sent by train to Camp Merritt, NJ for two weeks and then on by train to Hoboken, NJ. There they boarded the English ship,”Carpathia” taking 14 days to cross the Atlantic.
For more unit history see the biography of Harvel C. Edwards