1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Marcus B. Dunlavy

Marcus Bernard Dunlavy was born in Argyle, Lafayette County, Wisconsin on September 13, 1915, the son of
Walter and Caroline Dunlavy. Prior to entering military service he worked as a pin setter in a bowling alley
in Johnstown, Wisconsin.

Dunlavy enlisted in the Regular Army, for service in the Philippine Department, on June 18, 1940, at
Pensacola, Florida. He stood six feet tall, indicated he was divorced, and listed his civilian occupation
as Skilled occupations in production of industrial chemicals.

Left:

Marcus Dunlavy
with his wife Marjorie

Photo by William Flora
via Theophile Odaert

The date of his assignment to the 22nd Infantry could not be determined. He was a member of Company B
at least by 1942-43, as he is in a Company photo taken at Camp Gordon, Georgia, from the 1942-43 time frame.

Above: Section of a Company B photo taken at Camp Gordon, Georgia in the 1942-1943 time frame.

Private Marcus B. Dunlavy is in the back row, seventh from the right, with red arrow pointing to him.

Dunlavy trained with the 22nd Infantry at Camp Gordon, Fort Dix, and Camp Gordon Johnston, before
going with the Regiment to Fort Jackson, Camp Kilmer, and the port of embarkation at New York City.
He sailed overseas to England with the 22nd Infantry aboard the Capetown Castle, leaving New York on
January 18, 1944, and arriving at Liverpool on January 29, 1944.

He trained with his Company in England and made the landing on D-Day in the second assault wave.

Dunlavy fought in the attack against the German coastal battery at Crisbecq, the advance toward Cherbourg,
and in the hedgerow fighting in Normandy. He was removed from the front lines as a non-battle casualty
on July 10, 1944 and returned to duty on July 19, 1944.

During the fighting in Operation Cobra, the breakout from Normandy, Dunlavy was listed as Missing In Action
on July 31, 1944, until he was once again included in the Company roster for August 4, 1944.

He was one of 12 soldiers in Company B who were promoted to Private First Class on August 1, 1944.

Dunlavy was indicated again as a non-battle casualty, during the first penetration into Germany
on September 18, 1944, and dropped from assignment to his Company. He apparently never returned
to the 22nd Infantry. He was discharged from the Army on March 31, 1945, apparently for medical reasons.

The 1950 Census shows Dunlavy living in Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin with his wife and daughter,
where he was employed in Maintenance in the Manufacturing of Woodworking Machines. In city directories
for Beloit, Wisconsin during the 1950's he was indicated as a factory superintendent, a carpenter, and
construction worker. He retired from Klobucar Industries in 1973.

Marcus B. Dunlavy died at the age of 69 on December 29, 1984 and is buried in Floral Lawn Cemetery,
South Beloit, Winnebago County, Illinois.

Grave marker for Marcus and Marjorie Dunlavy.
Note on the left is the emblem of Disabled American Veterans and
the insignia of the 4th Infantry Division with the inscription W W II under it.

His European-African-Middle Eastern campaign ribbon shows an arrowhead device
for the D-Day landing, and three bronze service stars for participation in the
Normandy, Northern France, and Rhineland campaigns.