Leon Eugene: killed in action 13 July, 1918 near Vauxi. Ent. 1 Oct., 1917, 151st D. B.; trans. to Co. D and later to Co. A, load Inf., 41st Div.; 15 May, 1918, to Hq. Co., 101st Inf., 26th Div. Overseas 10 April, 1918.
Born 22 Feb., 1895, at Auburn, Me., son of Joseph B. and Annie H. Abbott of Swampscott; brother of Mrs. Beatrice A. Weed of East Lynn and Vincent B. (sergeant, Q. M. C.). Student., Normal Art School. Resident in Massachusetts fourteen years. A. L. Post 57, Swampscott, named in his honor. He was one of a working party of eight men in a village fronting Château-Thierry, all of whom were killed or wounded by shell fire.
He is now buried in Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France.
Source of information: The Gold Star Record of Massachusetts, www.abmc.gov
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Abbott Leon Eugene
Name:
Leon Eugene Abbott
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101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-07-13
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Massachusetts
Cemetery:
Aisne-Marne American Cem., Belleau, France
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