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Personal info

Full name
LEE, Phillip Cleo
Date of birth
20 April 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky
Hometown
Wayne County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35502686
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
William H. Lee (father)
Bettie (Blevins) Lee (mother)
Theo F. Lee (brother)
DeWitt M. Lee (brother)
Willie E. Lee (sister)
Gilbert H. Lee (brother)
Bonnie M. Lee (sister)
Robert E. Lee (brother)
Ralph E. Lee (brother)

More information

Pfc Phillip C. Lee enlisted in Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 24 July 1942.

He was a driver before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees / 1930 Census / Kentucky Birth Index, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael V Drachman, www.ancestry.com - Pratt Family Tree