Funeral Services Held Tuesday
For Henry M. Marcellin

Funeral services were held Tuesday by the Rev. J. Hackett Johnson and the Veterans of 
Foreign Wars for Henry (Hoof) Marcellin who died February 16 at the Northern Inyo 
Hospital.

Marcellin, who retired from the U.S. Marine Corps in 1967 as a master sergeant, had 
been in the service for more than 22 years.

He was born in Bishop Oct. 15, 1921 and was a graduate of the Bishop schools.

He enlisted in the Marine Corps in June 1942 and was a veteran of World War II, Korea, 
Lebanon, Cuba and Vietnam.

During World War II he participated in the consolidation of the Northern Solomons, 
Bismarck Archipelago and Bougainville.

Sgt. Marcellin earned the following awards during his career:  Navy Unit Citation w/1 
star, Good conduct Medal w/5 stars, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, American 
Campaign Medal, Asiatic - Pacific Campaign Medal w/5 stars, National Defense Service 
Medal w/1 star, World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal, China Service 
Medal, United Nations Service Medal, Korean Service Medal w/2 stars, Armed Forces 
Expeditionary Medal, Vietnamese Service Medal, Korean Presidential Unit Citation, and 
Vietnamese Campaign Medal.

He also received two Meritorious Masts during his career, one from VMR-352 El Toro, 
Calif., for "Operation Strong Back", and the second from MAETC, Glenview, Ill., for 
his performance of duty as Flight Engineer for MARTC Staff Aircraft.

He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Rose Marcellin of Bishop, five brothers, Gene, 
Roger and Don Marcellin of Bishop, Robert Marcellin of Mammoth Lakes and Wayne 
Marcellin of Livermore, California.

Interment was at the East Line St. cemetery.

Pallbears were George Clarkson Jr., Linden Holland, Howard Arcularius, Frank 
Arcularius, Emilis Piani, and Vernon Holland.

The Inyo Register
Bishop, Inyo County, California
February 20, 1869 - Page 12

Transcribed by Pat Houser for Inyo County GenWeb, August 10, 2004