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William F. Zion (October 23, 1872 – March 25, 1919) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/chattanooga.asp.  He was a United States Marine private who received the Medal of Honor during the China Relief Expedition.  William Zion was born in Knightstown, Indiana on October 23, 1872. He served in the United States Marine Corps and later in the United States Army. In 1900, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for his "meritorious conduct" as a Marine in China.  He later become a United States Army First Lieutenant.  During World War I he was in charge of a German POW barracks in Fort Oglethorpe.

Zion died on March 25, 1919, of an apparent accidental gunshot wound inflicted while cleaning his weapon.Lieutenant Zion is buried in the Chattanooga National Cemetery.  According to Sydney Gumpertz in his book The Jewish Legion of Valor, Zion was Jewish.
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