ALFRED LEE
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HONORED ON PANEL 20E, LINE 76 OF THE WALL

ALFRED LEE

WALL NAME

ALFRED LEE

PANEL / LINE

20E/76

DATE OF BIRTH

09/07/1944

CASUALTY PROVINCE

LONG KHANH

DATE OF CASUALTY

05/21/1967

HOME OF RECORD

ROSEHILL

COUNTY OF RECORD

Lee County

STATE

VA

BRANCH OF SERVICE

ARMY

RANK

SGT

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REMEMBRANCES

LEFT FOR ALFRED LEE
POSTED ON 4.21.2023
POSTED BY: John Fabris

honoring you...

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. Your Silver Star citation attests to your courage and devotion to your fellow soldiers. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever….
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POSTED ON 3.26.2020
POSTED BY: Lucy Micik

Thank You

Dear Sgt Alfred Lee, Thank you for your service as an Armor Reconnaissance Specialist. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Happy Spring! For many of us, we have begun Lent. The time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.
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POSTED ON 5.21.2018
POSTED BY: A Grateful Vietnam Veteran

Silver Star Citation

Alfred Lee

DATE OF BIRTH: September 7, 1944

HOME OF RECORD:
Rosehill, Virginia

Silver Star
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING Vietnam War
Service: Army
Rank: Sergeant
GENERAL ORDERS:
Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 1947 (June 27, 1967)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918 (amended by an act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Sergeant Alfred Lee (ASN: RA-15679598), United States Army, for gallantry in actions involving conflict with an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam. Sergeant Lee distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions on 21 May 1967, while serving as vehicle commander aboard an Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle in convoy near the village of Soui Cat, Republic of Vietnam. As the convoy was proceeding through and unsecured area, an estimate reinforced battalion of Viet Cong attacked with anti –tank weapons, mortars, automatic and small arms. The insurgents were on both sides of the road, they directed an intense volley of fire upon the friendly troops. In the ensuing battle, Sergeant Lee was critically wounded but valiantly continued firing upon the fanatical enemy. Sergeant Lee's indomitable courage and calmness under intense fire effectively repelled the initial wave of attackers, preventing the Viet Cong from swarming over his vehicle. Although I sever pain, Sergeant Lee continued to direct devastating fire on the Viet Cong positions. When his vehicle erupted in flames caused by a hostile round, Sergeant Lee courageously ordered his crew to evacuate the blazing track and provided covering fire so that they could move to safety. Despite the fact that he was the lone soldier upon the fiercely burning vehicle, Sergeant Lee continued to fire furiously at the enemy until overcome by the unbearable heat. Sergeant Lee's heroic actions in close combat with a hostile force are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the United States Army.
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POSTED ON 1.8.2018
POSTED BY: Edward Klek D 1-1 USMC 1966

Silver Star

Records show that Sgt. Lee was awarded the Silver Star for heroism.
Rest in peace sir.
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POSTED ON 4.16.2016

Final Mission of SGT Alfred Lee

SP4 Dwight E. Timberlake, SGT Alfred Lee, SP5 William P. Centers Jr., and SP4 Larry A. Williamson were members of 1st Platoon, K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry. On May 21, 1967, their unit was conducting a normal resupply run along National Route 1 from the Gia Ray Rock Quarry to the junction on National Route 1 and Interprovincial Route 2 when they were ambushed by Viet Cong with RPG’s, recoilless rifle, and small arms. Two M113 armored personnel carriers (APC), ACAV number K-17 and ACAV number K-18, were the last two vehicles in the column. SGT Lee, the vehicle commander of K-17, received the distress message of “ambush, ambush, ambush” just as he spotted a large number of VC on his left and alerted his crew with the words “VC on the left”. The crew immediately began firing right and left. Lee saw another APC, K-13, take its initial recoilless hit in front of him. Thinking the vehicle lost, he ordered the driver SP4 Timberlake to move on through the ambush. K-18 followed K-17. As the two ACAV’s passed K-14 firing from its position to the south of the road, K-18 sustained a recoilless hit that disabled the vehicle. It ground to a halt directly west of K-14 and took several more recoilless hits. There were no survivors from K-18. K-17 kept moving. SP4 Force, the platoon medic, was manning machinegun. He saw VC to the south of the road firing small arms and several VC behind a barn about 75 meters from the road firing crew served automatic weapons. He engaged all targets he could see and saw several VC fall. Civilians were lying all over the fields. The small arms fire was extremely heavy and accurate, causing Force to fire through his gun shield and allowing him only a very limited view of the battleground. In moving a distance of 400 meters, the ACAV was hit 4 times by RPG-2 rounds. K-17 had not suffered much damage, but the shrapnel from the last blast had caused Force’s machinegun to malfunction and superficially wounded most of the crew members. The driver halted the ACAV temporarily. Force applied immediate action to his weapon as SP5 Centers, the platoon mechanic, provided covering fire with his M-16 rifle. Force finally gave up on the machinegun and grabbed his M-16 to engage the numerous VC to the south. Over the din of battle, Force heard SP4 Williamson, the right machine gunner, cry “Hand me ammo!” Force handed him a box of 7.62mm machinegun ammunition but Williamson said “no, M-16”. His machinegun was inoperable also. The driver moved the ACAV out through the gauntlet again, dodging and weaving to avoid the hail of anti-tank rockets directed at the track. SGT Lee was still firing his caliber .50 machinegun to the left and right of the road, and Force, Williamson, and Centers were blazing away with their rifles, while SP4 Wheeler, an ex-cook newly assigned to the platoon, handed them ammo from inside the vehicle. However, K-17 kept sustaining hits. Williamson was hit in the stomach with a burst of shrapnel from an RPG-2 round that penetrated the right side of the track. Finally an RPG-2 round penetrated the driver’s compartment, killing the driver Timberlake and SGT Lee. The ACAV stopped. Force leaped up to the top of the TC hatch to attempt first aid on Lee, but was knocked off the track by another RPG-2 round that hit the front of the TC cupola. He was slightly wounded by shrapnel, but still held grimly on to his rifle. He tried to regain the ACAV but could not because of the heavy volume of small arms fire directed against it. Force crawled into the ditch paralleling the road and stated crawling south looking for other GI’s. He heard the ACAV take at least three more RPG-2 hits. Force remained alone in the ditch desperately hoping he would not be discovered by the VC until the relief column arrived. He then returned to K-17 and found Wheeler still alive in the vehicle and gave him first aid. Centers’ body was found 25 meters to the rear of the ACAV riddled by small arms fire. [Taken from 11thcavnam.com and coffeltdatabase.org]
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