Timeline
Birth- 31 Dec 1880
Uniontown, Pennsylvania
1775 - 2099Other Service- Ages: 78 - 21 years
Service Start Date
1 Jan 1902
Conflict Period
Other Service
Service End Date
1 Jan 1959
Branch
Army
Served For
United States of America
Marriage- 1 Jan 1902-Age: 21 years
Elizabeth Carter Coles
San Antonio, Texas
1914 - 1918World War I
Branch
Army
Conflict Period
World War I
Served For
United States of America
Marriage- 1 Jan 1930-Age: 49 years
Katherine Boyce Tupper
1939 - 1945World War II
Branch
Army
Rank
5-star general (1944)
Position
Army Chief of Staff (1939-1945)
Conflict Period
World War II
Served For
United States of America
Education: Place
Lexington, Virginia
Education: To
1 Jan 1901
Education: Institution
Virginia Military Institute
Employment: Position
US Secretary of Defense
Employment: End Date
12 Sept 1951
Employment: Start Date
21 Sept 1950
Employment: Start Date
21 Jan 1947
Employment: Position
US Secretary of State
Employment: End Date
20 Jan 1949
Gender
Male
Death- 16 Oct 1959-Age: 79 years
Washington, D.C.
Burial
Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Other Facts
Full Name
George Catlett Marshall, Jr.
Father
George Catlett Marshall
Mother
Laura Emily (Bradford) Marshall