Herbert Edgar Marshburn

West Point, 1949

Be Thou At Peace

Posted by Terry Powers on November 5, 2022:

Source: abmc.gov/decedent-search/marshburn%3Dherbert Second Lieutenant Marshburn was a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. Although initially listed as Missing in Action, it was determined the he was Killed in Action near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea on December 3, 1950 while conducting a delaying action. His remains were not recovered. Source: dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000cLlm7EAC On the evening of November 27, 1950, Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) launched a massive attack against the U.S. and United Nations troops stationed in the Chosin Reservoir area in northeast North Korea, resulting in a seventeen-day conflict that became known as the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. At the time of the initial CCF attack, members the U.S. Army's 31st and 32nd Infantry Regiments were defending the area north of Sinhung-ni, on the east side of the reservoir. The defenders were overwhelmed by the numerically superior CCF, and on December 1, were forced to withdraw to friendly lines at Hagaru-ri. Chinese roadblocks from Sinhung-ni to Hagaru-ri along with the constant enemy fire from the surrounding high ground, made the withdrawal route extremely dangerous. Eventually, the column was broken into separate segments, which the CCF attacked individually. Many men were lost or captured during the moving battle, with survivors reaching friendly lines in Hagaru-ri on December 2 and 3. LT Marshburn entered the U.S. Army from the District of Columbia and was a member of A Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was killed in action on December 3, during an attack by the CCF near the Chosin Reservoir. Battlefield conditions prevented the recovery of his body at the time of his loss, and he remains unaccounted-for.

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