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Ens Leon Edsel Lee Veteran

Birth: 17 Dec 1921
Sawyer, Pratt County, Kansas, USA
Death: 13 Oct 1944 (aged 22)
Monument: Manila American Cemetery and Memorial

Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
Plot: Tablets of the Missing
Memorial ID: 56761672 View Source

F6F-5 BuNo. 70400 (F-11)
Made a water crash landing at sea at approximately 2036, 13 October 1944. USS Charrette DD-581 ordered to pick up pilot, but after making an extensive search, reported it could not find the pilot and rejoined the formation. Lat 23-05.8N, Long 123-05.2E.

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Entered the service from Kansas.

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