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Edward
Brooke
Lee
, III
October 23, 1892

–

September 21, 1984

Cemetery:

Rock Creek Cemetery

Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain (Infantry)

    Regiment:

    115th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    August 31, 1918
    GHQ, American Expeditionary Forces, Citation Orders No. 3 (June 3, 1919)

    By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Captain (Infantry) Edward Brooke Lee, United States Army, is cited by the Commanding General, American Expeditionary Forces, for gallantry in action and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the Victory Medals awarded him. Captain (Infantry) Lee distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving with the 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in action near Balschwiller, France, 31 August 1918, in assisting in carrying the wounded back through the enemy counter-barrage.

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain (Infantry)

    Regiment:

    115th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    August 31, 1918
    War Department, General Orders No. 3 (1922)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Captain (Infantry) Edward Brooke Lee, III, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Balschwiller, Alsace, 31 August 1918. While in command of a raiding party against the enemy trenches near Balschwiller on the morning of 31 August 1918, Captain Lee led the advance through the enemy wire, being the last to quit the enemy trenches, personally assisting in carrying the wounded back through the enemy counter-barrage, and remaining all day of August 31 in a shell hole in no man’s land in order to assist all wounded to return to our line.