Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1884 — Death of the Oldest Enlisted Man in the United States Army. [ARTICLE]

Death of the Oldest Enlisted Man in the United States Army.

William Marshall, Ordinance Sergeant, United States Army, died a few days ago at his home on Mackinac Island, Mich. Sergt. Marshall was without doubt the oldest enlisted man in the army of the United States. He entered the service by enlisting in A Company of the Fifth United States Infantry Aug. 12, 1823. After serving in the field through the Floridan and Mexican wars he went to Fort Mackinac on duty April 8, 1848, and has remained on duty at that post without intermission up to his death.