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Personal info

Full name
LEE, Ray Durant
Date of birth
25 August 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Paris, Logan County, Arkansas
Hometown
Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37737556
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
North of Fossieux, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 17 25

Immediate family

Members
Matthew F. Lee (father)
Sarah B. Lee (mother)
Barney H. Lee (brother)
Orville F. Lee (brother)
Everett O. Lee (brother)
Credda S. Lee (sister)
Velma M. (Hilderbrand) Lee (wife)
Joe A. Lee (daughter)
Barbara J. Lee (daughter)
Robert D. Lee (son)

More information

Pvt Ray D. Lee was a driver before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 21 March 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Robert D. Lee, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / All in One Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Eric Ackerman

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