Rank: Private First Class
Unit: B Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 31-May-1950
Hometown: Essex, California
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 7-Jul-1969
Start of tour: 6-May-1970
Incident date: 20-Jun-1970
Date of casualty: 20-Jun-1970
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Thomas Lee Cusson was killed while at a night defensive position when the area came under attack by a hostile force. / At night defensive position (NDP). Engaged hostile force in firefight.
Location of fatality: Cambodia, XU 481 007
Place of interment: Needles Riverview Cemetery, Needles, California, USA
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