Advertisement

Lieut Benjamin Bullock III

Advertisement

Lieut Benjamin Bullock III Veteran

Birth
Bay Head, Ocean County, New Jersey, USA
Death
29 Sep 1918 (aged 23)
Nantillois, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France
Burial
Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France Add to Map
Plot
Plot A, Row 4, Grave 20.
Memorial ID
View Source
First Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, U.S. Army. Entered the service from Ardmore, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Killed in action. Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. From his citation: "For extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 3d Battalion, 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, A.E.F., near Nantillois, France, September 28 - 29, 1918. On the afternoon of September 28 Lieutenant Bullock displayed great bravery and fearlessness by assisting two wounded to a place of safety, while under heavy sniper and artillery fire. On the morning of September 29 Lieutenant Bullock again demonstrated great bravery by advancing alone into a wood and killing a sniper. On the afternoon of 29 September while carrying a message to regimental post of command he was killed by a high-explosive shell."
First Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, U.S. Army. Entered the service from Ardmore, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Killed in action. Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. From his citation: "For extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 3d Battalion, 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, A.E.F., near Nantillois, France, September 28 - 29, 1918. On the afternoon of September 28 Lieutenant Bullock displayed great bravery and fearlessness by assisting two wounded to a place of safety, while under heavy sniper and artillery fire. On the morning of September 29 Lieutenant Bullock again demonstrated great bravery by advancing alone into a wood and killing a sniper. On the afternoon of 29 September while carrying a message to regimental post of command he was killed by a high-explosive shell."


Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement

  • Maintained by: Doc Wilson
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 5, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55955047/benjamin-bullock: accessed ), memorial page for Lieut Benjamin Bullock III (20 Sep 1895–29 Sep 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55955047, citing Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France; Maintained by Doc Wilson (contributor 47464039).