Theodore K. Bushnell Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army

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    Theodore K. Bushnell
    Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army
    2nd Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Division

    Entered the Service from: Colorado
    Died: October 9, 1918
    Buried at: Plot A Row 40 Grave 7
    Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
    Romagne, France
    Awards: Distinguished Service Cross

    http://www.abmc.gov/search/detailw.php

    BUSHNELL, THEODORE K.
    Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army
    2d Machine-Gun Battalion, 1st Division, A.E.F.
    Date of Action: October 5, 1918
    Citation:
    The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Theodore K. Bushnell, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fleville, France, October 5, 1918. Lieutenant Bushnell showed exceptional bravery by remaining with his platoon after being wounded. He refused evacuation until he received a second wound, the nature of which demanded his immediate return to the rear.
    General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
    Home Town: Denver, CO

    Bushnell Class of '07 Cited

    Mr. George A. Bushnell, of Denver, Colorado, has been notified that his son, Second Lieutenant Theodore K. Bushnell '07, who died in France on October 9 has been cited for The Distinguished Service Cross
    The citation
    '' Second Lieutenant Theodore K. Bushnell, Second Battalion. For extraordinary heroism in action near Fleville, France, October 5, 1918. Lieutenant
    Bushnell showed exceptional bravery by remaining with his platoon after being wounded. He refused evacuation until he received a second wound, the nature of which demanded his immediate return to the rear.''
    A number of extensive wounds on the left side of his body, in the region of the left shoulder, were caused by shrapnel, and when removed to the hospital he was in a state of shock. He died October 9th, in Evacuation Hospital No. 114, at Fleury-sur-Aire, and was buried in the American section of the cemetery there.

    http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/3536/17/021_24.pdf

    http://books.google.com/books?id=5d...&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result

    http://www.coloradohistory.org/chs_library/research_coll_files/biographyvf.htm

    Soldiers of the Great War, Volume I, 1920, pages 147-155
     

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