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LT Irwin Wilford Lee

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LT Irwin Wilford Lee Veteran

Birth
Volga, Brookings County, South Dakota, USA
Death
2 Jul 1943 (aged 42)
Solomon Islands
Burial
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
Plot
Plot D, Row 16, Grave 85
Memorial ID
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Lt. Lee was killed in the line of duty on 7-2-1943 while serving with his beloved Seabees in the South Pacific.

He is the son of Mrs. J.C. Lee of Volga, South Dakota, and the husband of Mrs. Estelle {Alloy} Lee of Peoria, Illinois, and she is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. S.E. Alloy of 224 North Glenwood in Peoria, and they were married in Galesburg, Illinois in 1940.

He graduated from Volga H.S. in 1920, and is a 1924 graduate of South Dakota State at Brookings, South Dakota, and was employed as an Engineer by the Illinois State Highway Division in 1924, and remained there until he enlisted in the Navy in July of 1942.

He does leave one brother, Major R.C. Lee of the Army Air Corps, and one sister, Mrs. Curtis Lundy of Boston, Massachusetts.

He is a Veteran of the Army during WWI when he was still in school, and returned to his schooling after the war.
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Entered the service from Peoria, Illinois.
Lt. Lee was killed in the line of duty on 7-2-1943 while serving with his beloved Seabees in the South Pacific.

He is the son of Mrs. J.C. Lee of Volga, South Dakota, and the husband of Mrs. Estelle {Alloy} Lee of Peoria, Illinois, and she is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. S.E. Alloy of 224 North Glenwood in Peoria, and they were married in Galesburg, Illinois in 1940.

He graduated from Volga H.S. in 1920, and is a 1924 graduate of South Dakota State at Brookings, South Dakota, and was employed as an Engineer by the Illinois State Highway Division in 1924, and remained there until he enlisted in the Navy in July of 1942.

He does leave one brother, Major R.C. Lee of the Army Air Corps, and one sister, Mrs. Curtis Lundy of Boston, Massachusetts.

He is a Veteran of the Army during WWI when he was still in school, and returned to his schooling after the war.
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Entered the service from Peoria, Illinois.

Inscription

LT, US NAVY WORLD WAR II



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  • Maintained by: ShaneO
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56783767/irwin_wilford-lee: accessed ), memorial page for LT Irwin Wilford Lee (4 Oct 1900–2 Jul 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56783767, citing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines; Maintained by ShaneO (contributor 47009366).