MACLEISH-KENNETH
KENNETH MACLEISH
Deceased
10/15/1918
Rate/Rank
LT
LT
Service Branch
USNR 00/0000 - 10/1918
Speciality
NAVAL AVIATOR
Born
09/19/1894
GLENCOE, IL
KILLED IN ACTION - SHOT DOWN OVER FLANDERS, October, 1918
213TH AERO SQUADRON, R.A.F./ NORTHERN BOMBING SQUADRON
NAVY CROSS
WORLD WAR I VICTORY MEDAL W/AVIATION CLASP
Kenneth MacLeish Date of death: Killed in Action
Home of record: Glencoe Illinois
Status: KIA
AWARDS AND CITATIONS
Navy Cross
Awarded for actions during the World War I
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Lieutenant Kenneth MacLeish, United States Navy, for distinguished and heroic service as a Pilot attached to the U. S. Naval Aviation Force in the War Zone. Lieutenant MacLeisch took part in operations against the enemy forces on land and was shot down and killed in the drive in Flanders during October, 1918.
Action Date: October, 1918
Service: Navy
Rank: Lieutenant
Company: Pilot
Division: Naval Aviation Forces
Submitted by Doug Bewall RMCM USN Ret