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Personal info

Full name
LEE, Robert Edward
Date of birth
8 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Ramsey County, Minnesota
Hometown
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
O-551073
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
304th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ferschweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 4 52

Immediate family

Members
Bernard F. Lee (father)
Lucille B. (Radle) Lee (mother)
Bernard F. Lee (brother)
James F. Lee (brother)
Richard M. Lee (brother)
John A. Lee (brother)
Thomas J. Lee (brother)

More information

He was awared the Silver Star Medal for conspicuous gallantry in action against an armed enemy.

The bottom picture was taken when he was 14 years of age at the St. Thomas Military Academy in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1939.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census /Headstone and Interment Record / Minnesota, Birth Index 1900-1934, http://76thdivision.com/304/history_304th_004.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Marsha, www.ancestry.com - orbweaver1