Jesse Marling Cullison – Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army

Jesse Marling Cullison of Maryland

• Private, Corporal and Sergeant, Battery C, 5th U. S. Artillery, 21 May 1897
• Second Lieutenant, 2nd U. S. Infantry, 1 October 1899
• First Lieutenant, 13 April 1901
• Advanced through the rank to Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry, United States Army
• Died on 10 July 1925
• Buried with full military honors in Section 4 of Arlington National Cemetery.We are actively seeking additional information regarding Colonel Cullison.

CULLISON, JESSE MARLING

• Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army
• 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, A.E.F.
• Date of Action: July 18, 1918
• General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Jesse Marling Cullison, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Laversines, France, July 18, 1918.

Lieutenant Colonel Cullison distinguished himself by doing more than his duty in disposing front-line troops in effective position, fearlessly subjecting himself to danger in order to accomplish his task and thereby inspiring the officers and men of his brigade to valorous and successful attack.

CULLISON, JESSE M

• LTC INF RTD
• VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
• DATE OF DEATH: 07/10/1925
• DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
• BURIED AT: SECTION D  SITE LOT 2622
• ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

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