LEE, ALBERT EUGENE

Name: Albert Eugene Lee
Branch/Rank: United States Navy/E6
Unit:  USS Coral Sea (CVA 43)
Date of Birth: 06 August 1939
Home City of Record: GALLIPOLIS OH
Date of Loss: 16 February 1972
Country of Loss: South Vietnam/Over Water
Loss Coordinates: 165941 North  1085559 East
Status (in 1973): Killed In Action/Body Not Recovered
Category: 5
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: CARRIER
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
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Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File.

REMARKS:

CACCF/SEA CASUALTY/DROWNED-SUFFOCATED/12 YRS USN

No further information available at this time.
 

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01/2020

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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. 

Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual's case to be in the analytical category of Non-recoverable.

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