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MARION E. KELLY

Marion E. Kelly

   Marion E. Kelly, a former research assistant and police officer, died of heart disease Monday at United Community Hospital in Grove City, Mercer County.
   Mr. Kelly, 65, of Slippery Rock, Butler County, recently retired from research work at the University of Pittsburgh. He previously was employed as a research assistant in microbiology at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Oakland and as a police officer in Slippery Rock. He also was a deputy constable in Slippery Rock.
   Mr. Kelly served in the Army's 82nd Airborne Division during World War II. He was a charter member of the Slippery Rock VFW and a member of the Fraternal Order of Police, Franklin Lodge, the Slippery Rock Sportsmen's Club and the National Rifle Association.
   Mr. Kelly is survived by his mother, Clara, of Slippery Rock; and a sister, Doris Soldo of Bethel Park.
   Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Smith Funeral Home, 421 New Castle St., Slippery Rock, where a service will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow. Burial will be in Slippery Rock Cemetery.

[The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 11 Oct 1989, Wed, Page 25]


 

Burial record for Marion E.. Kelly at Plot: 2L, 3048 in Slippery Rock Cemetery, Slippery Rock (Butler county), Pennsylvania.

 

Marion registered for the draft at Slippery Rock, PA on 20 June 1942 and was inducted into the Army on 23 March 1943 at Fort George G. Meade, MD.

Pvt Kelly was transferred from the 6900th Reinforcement to Company G, 508th PIR on 3 June 1945.

He was discharged from the Army on 29 November 1945 and is listed as reenlisting the following day in the Air Force ... but the Air Force didn't come into being until 18 September 1947.

However, he was discharged on 3 December 1948 at Langley AFB, VA, the first military base built in the United States specifically for air power so it is probable that he did change service branches in 1947-48.

 

Marion filed this application on 18 January 1949 for the Pennsylvania WWII Veterans Bonus.   He was credited with 24 months of domestic duty and 11 months of foreign service which resulted in a $405 bonus payment.

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