Ens Benjamin Lee II
Cenotaph

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Ens Benjamin Lee II

Birth
Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
28 Oct 1918 (aged 23)
North Killingholme, North Lincolnshire Unitary Authority, Lincolnshire, England
Cenotaph
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.9984606, Longitude: -75.1903027
Plot
Section 14, Lot 50 & 298-East
Memorial ID
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World War I United States Naval Officer, Aviator. He served during World war I as a aviator in the United States Naval Reserve Flying Corps. He died in a plane crash at the Naval Air Station at Killingholme, Lincolnshire, England on October 28, 1918 when the plane he was piloting crashed into the River Humber; the second pilot was rescued but a mechanic who was also on board, Raymond G. Fisher, was also reported missing.

His name is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Brookwood American Cemetery, Brookwood, England.

His family erected a cenotaph for him in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Lee Field at the Naval Air Station at Green Cove Springs, Florida was named in honor of him in September 1940 (the NAS was decommissioned in 1960 and no longer exists).
World War I United States Naval Officer, Aviator. He served during World war I as a aviator in the United States Naval Reserve Flying Corps. He died in a plane crash at the Naval Air Station at Killingholme, Lincolnshire, England on October 28, 1918 when the plane he was piloting crashed into the River Humber; the second pilot was rescued but a mechanic who was also on board, Raymond G. Fisher, was also reported missing.

His name is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Brookwood American Cemetery, Brookwood, England.

His family erected a cenotaph for him in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Lee Field at the Naval Air Station at Green Cove Springs, Florida was named in honor of him in September 1940 (the NAS was decommissioned in 1960 and no longer exists).


  • Created by: RPD2
  • Added: Aug 1, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28711772/benjamin-lee: accessed ), memorial page for Ens Benjamin Lee II (4 Nov 1894–28 Oct 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28711772, citing Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by RPD2 (contributor 309).