Rank/Rate	Seaman, First Class
Service Number	620 30 69
Birth Date	May 20, 1923
From	Latimer, Iowa
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Scorpion (SS-278)
Loss Date	February 1, 1944
Location	East China Sea or Yellow Sea
Circumstances	Lost at sea, cause unknown
Remarks	Lee was born on a farm near Latimer, Franklin County, Iowa. The Latimer Post Office did not have rural route delivery, thus the postal address of the farm was rural route, Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa.

Photo and remarks courtesy of Gordon Faber, nephew. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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