SSGT
Earnest L Lee
Aged 20, fallen January 5, 1945
- Unit
- Company G, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 36764864
- Hometown
- Jackson, Illinois
- Date of death
- January 5, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Tower Grove Cemetery, Murphysboro, Illinois
Staff Sergeant Earnest L Lee, serial number 36764864, of Jackson, Illinois, served with Company G of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 5, 1945, at the age of 20. He is buried at Tower Grove Cemetery, Murphysboro, Illinois.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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