Minnesota Discovery Center

Gordon Edward Lee, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Sergeant
serial number:
location:Cannon Company of the 17th Infantry Regiment in the Southern Philippines and Ryukyu Islands.
enlistment date:Oct. 7, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Dec. 18, 1945
place discharged:Camp McCoy, WI
decorations: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1941-1945)
Bronze Star Medal (1941-)
Combat Infantryman Badge (1941-)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
Overseas Service Bar(s)
Philippine Liberation Medal (1944-1945)
Service Star(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:
service documents:
references:Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 170.

Personal Information

date of birth:May 28, 1919
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:May 30, 1995
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 9/16/2015