Background
Kromer, Leon Benjamin was born on June 25, 1876 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of N. B. and Rosetta (Suddick) Kromer.
Kromer, Leon Benjamin was born on June 25, 1876 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of N. B. and Rosetta (Suddick) Kromer.
United States Military Academy. Army General Staff College, American Expeditionary Forces, 1918.
Second Lieutenant, 10 Cavalry 1899- 1901. Participated in expedition against Ute Indians, 1906. Conducted experiment with troop under instructions of the War Department to determine degree of efficiency to which recruits could be brought in one year’s intensive training.
1913-1914. Quartermaster in Pershing’s Punitive Expedition into Mex„ 1916. Lieutenant Colonel. National. Army, 1917. At Camp Gordon, Georgia., and France.
Deputy Chief of Staff, 82 Division. during St. Mihiel operation, 1918. Assistant in G-3 Division. General Staff, 1 Corps Headquarters., 1918, during opening of the Meuse-Argonne operations.
Assistant Chief of Staff G-l, 1st Army, 1918-1919. Antwerp, Belgium, 1919. Instructor. Army War College, since 1928.
Decorations Received: United States, Distinguished Service Medal. Great Britain, Distinguished Service Order. France, Officier, Legion of Honor.
Member: American Legion. F. & Master of Arts Clubs: Army and Navy, Army, Navy and Marine Corps Country.
Married Jane Miller Stotsenburg, March 20, 1907 (divorced). Children: Rosetta Suddick (deceased), John Stotsenburg, Leon Benjamin, Jane Statsenburg, William Annesley (killed in action).