Marcely was a participant in the pro-fascist resistance in the Slovak Army, during the SNP a staff captain, and a member of the
Czechoslovak army in the
USSR. Marcely became a brigadier general on October 1, 1950. At the end of September 1953 he was transferred to the reserve. He was reactivated in the Czechoslovak People's Army in early August 1968 with the military rank of
Major General. == Awards and legacy ==