Rank/Rate	Motor Machinist's Mate, First Class
Service Number	346 52 23
Birth Date	June 20, 1911
From	Greenville, South Carolina
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Grunion (SS-216)
Loss Date	July 30, 1942
Location	Near entrance to Kiska Harbor, Alaska
Circumstances	Sunk by armed Japanese freighter Kano Maru
Remarks	Lee was born in Naylor, Missouri.

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