Lee, Albert Eugene
Navy ams1

Albert Eugene Lee from Gallia County Gallipolis, Ohio .

Spouse: Joy
Children: Janet, Sandra, Albert Jr, Brian, Carol

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, February 16, 1972
Death details: Aviation Structural Mechanic First Class Albert Eugene Lee, who joined the U.S. Navy from Ohio, served aboard the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43). On February 16, 1972, the Coral Sea was in the Gulf of Tonkin, off the coast of South Vietnam. AMS1 Lee was seen at the rear of the vessel, climbing over the deck rail and jumping into the sea. A search was initiated, but his body could not be located following the incident. Today, Aviation Structural Mechanic First Class Lee is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed along with all his fallen comrades on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency