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Bissell, John Ter Bush

Date of birth:
November 18th, 1893 (Allegheny Township/Pennsylvania, United States)
Date of death:
July 14th, 1976 (Monterey County/California, Verenigde Staten)
Buried on:
United States Military Academy Post Cemetery
Plot: XXII. Row: C. Grave: 26.
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
1st Lieutenant
Unit:
7th Machine-Gun Battalion, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), U.S. Army
Awarded on:
March 1st, 1920
"For gallantry in action while serving with the 7th Machine-Gun Battalion, American Expeditionary Forces, in action at Chateau-Thierry, France, 1 - 2 June 1918, while in command of a machine-gun platoon."

GHQ, American Expeditionary Forces, Citation Orders No. 8
Silver Citation Star

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