The previously unmarked grave of Marshall County Mexican War veteran Walter Chism Austin was marked with a military headstone at approximately 3:30 P.M., Sunday, January 8, 2006. The exact location of his grave site in the Peel-Peay Cemetery of Marshall County being unknown, his headstone was placed in the center of cemetery among the unmarked graves that dominant the small cemetery. Walter Chism Austin served as a Sergeant in Company B, Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, from April 5, 1847 to August 5, 1848, with service in northern Mexico.