LEON EUGENE ABBOTT
Private
Signal Corps, American Expeditionary Force,
26th Division, 101st Regiment, Headquarters
Company. Enlisted October 5, 1917. Killed in
action July 13, 1918 at LaCroisette, near
Chateau Thierry. Buried in American Concen-
tration Cemetery at Belleau Wood. Leon E.
Abbott was the first Swampscott soldier killed
in action. Post 57 of the American Legion has
been named in honor of his memory.
LEON EUGENE ABBOTT
Private
Signal Corps, American Expeditionary Force,
26th Division, 101st Regiment, Headquarters
Company. Enlisted October 5, 1917. Killed in
action July 13, 1918 at LaCroisette, near
Chateau Thierry. Buried in American Concen-
tration Cemetery at Belleau Wood. Leon E.
Abbott was the first Swampscott soldier killed
in action. Post 57 of the American Legion has
been named in honor of his memory.
Inscription
101st Infantry Regiment
26th Division
US Army
World War I
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