Cushion, Leon, PVT

Fallen

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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

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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

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	1918, World War I Fallen

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Army Distinguished Service Cross - 1918

Name of Award
Army Distinguished Service Cross

Year Awarded
1918

Last Updated:
Mar 25, 2016

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Details Behind Award

Leon J. Cushion, Private, Company D, 103rd Infantry. Posthumously awarded Army Distinguished Service Cross. For extraordinary heroism in action at Marcheville, France, September 26, 1918. Under terrific machine gun, artillery, and rifle fire, he displayed great courage in locatin and fighting enemy machine gunners. He was killed while rushing a machine gun nest.

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