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ALBERT EUGENE LEE
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
August 6, 1939 – February 16, 1972
Service recordAlbert Eugene Lee, of Gallipolis, Ohio, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 16, 1972, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Structural Mech (Structures) (AMS)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS CORAL SEA CVA 43
- Born
- August 6, 1939
- Home of record
- Gallipolis, Ohio (Gallia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1972
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1972. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2W, Line 107
- ROBERT HARRY IRWINLieutenant Colonel · June 11, 1971
- ROBERT EDWIN PRYORSeaman · February 13, 1972
- CHRISTOPHER HAROLD TURKPrivate First Class · February 13, 1972
- RICHARD NEIL CHRISTY IIFirst Lieutenant · February 17, 1972
From Gallipolis
- CHARLES MARION NEAL JRLance Corporal · April 25, 1967
- ARCHIE ANDREW HAYMANCaptain · April 2, 1968
- ROGER LEE HAWLEYCorporal · March 28, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.