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Personal info

Full name
TUBBS, Lee Roy Jr
Date of birth
15 May 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Kingsman, Mohave County, Arizona
Hometown
Wheatland, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38573151
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
Near Blaubach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 83

Immediate family

Members
Lee R. Tubbs Sr. (father)
Nettie B. (Grigg) Tubbs (mother)
Hazel Tubbs (sister)

More information

Pfc Lee R. Tubbs Jr. worked on a farm before he enlisted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 25 September 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Company’s / 4ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Hazel Woody, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Arizona Birth Records, www.findagrave.com – Don J

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – Donald Tubbs / Coliver