Wayne Lee

Personal Information

Birthplace: Ashland, Nebraska

Service Information

Branch of Service: Army

Unit: 11th Armored, 40th, Company A

Theater of Operation: European

Battle: Battle of the Bulge

Enlisted / Commissioned: Nov 15, 1942

Discharged: Oct 22, 1945

Highest Rank: Sergeant

Military Honors: Good Conduct Medal, Purple Heart

Honored By: Granddaughter

Biography

Wayne was inducted into the U.S. Army in November 1942 at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. He was assigned to the 11th Armored, 42nd Tank, Company D, but, while overseas and on his discharge paperwork, it states he was in the 40th Tank, Company A. He had training in California at Camp Cooke with the light tank 1736. He was in World War II, Battle of the Bulge (Rhineland; Ardennes; Central Europe.) He receive a Purple Heart for frost bite while in Belgium and the Good Conduct Medal.