Cushion, Leon, PVT

Fallen

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Last Rank
Private

Last Service Branch
Infantry

Last Primary MOS
566-Duty NCO

Last MOS Group
Branch Immaterial

Primary Unit
1918-1918, 1st Battalion, 103rd Infantry

Service Years
1917 - 1918

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Vermont

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Casualty Info

Last Address East Hardwick
Casualty Date Sep 26, 1918
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds	Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location France	Conflict World War I

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1918, World War I Fallen

Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments


	1918-1918, 1st Battalion, 103rd Infantry
	1918-1918, 26th Division
	1918-1919, 566, USAGDC Braconne, France

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1918-1918 World War I
	1918-1918 World War I/Champagne-Marne Campaign
	1918-1918 World War I/Aisne-Marne Campaign
	1918-1918 World War I/Meuse-Argonne Campaign
	1918-1918 World War I/St. Mihiel Campaign

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

See Page 286 of this citation.

Private, Company D, 103rd Infantry.

Awarded posthumously the Distinguish Service Cross. See Decoration for details.

Emergency Address: Nelson G. Cushion, father, East Hardwick, Vermont;

Residence at enlistment: East Hardwick, Vermont.

Comments/Citation:

Source: Vermont in the World War, 1917-1919

Printed by Legislative Authority of Vermont, 1919 Session

John T. Cushing, Arthur F. Stone, Editors

Captain Harold P. Sheldon, Military Historian

759 pages, with photos of prominent military men from Vermont