Gallia County Ohio

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

Jacks, Worley D.
Army Private 1st class

Worley D. Jacks, age 21, from Rutland, Ohio, Gallia county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Wednesday, March 7, 1945
Death details: On June 21, 2022, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Private First Class Worley D. Jacks, missing from World War II. Private First Class Jacks entered the U.S. Army from Ohio and served in Company L, 232nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division. He was a member of a combat patrol that was ambushed near the village of Lichtenberg, France, on March 7, 1944. PFC Jacks was wounded during the attack, and the patrol was forced to withdraw. He was last seen being approached by German medics. In 1951, German workers discovered an identification tag inscribed with “JACKS, WORLEY D. 35087716” around the neck of a set of remains in Ludwigswinkel, Germany, about fourteen miles from where PFC Jacks went missing. Researchers later concluded he was sent to a hospital there, died of his wounds, and was buried in a military cemetery. Using modern forensic techniques, DPAA has confirmed that the remains recovered in 1951 are those of PFC Jacks.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

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