Claim: Légion d'honneur awardee Manuel Mondragon who served as General de Division in 1880-1914 participated in the American Revolution.
Evidence: Manuel Mondragón (1859 – 1922) was a Mexican military officer who played a prominent role in the Mexican Revolution. The American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution which occurred in colonial North America between 1765 and 1783. 
22 March 1765 – 3 September 1783 1859
Ixtlahuaca, State of Mexico