World War I
After war was declared in April, 1917, expansion of the Regular Army was accelerated and the 2nd Battalion of the 8th Field Artillery was sent to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to form the 14th Field Artillery. In May he was transferred to the 6th Field Artillery, one of the oldest Regular Army units, which was at Douglas, Arizona, preparing for overseas service as part of the 1st Infantry Division, the first division unit sent to serve with the American Expeditionary Force on the Western Front.
Marshall saw combat in the Battle of Soissons, the St. Mihiel offensive, and the Meuse-Argonne, where, on the morning of 1 November 1918, he was wounded by fragments of a German 105 mm shell. He was in Army hospitals in France until March 1919. He had been promoted to captain and was a battery commander of B Battery, 6th Field Artillery.
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