Edward Brooke Lee (Q22018103)

From Wikidata
Revision as of 00:15, 8 December 2021 by Jadoherty (talk | contribs) (‎Created claim: Hall of Valor ID (P1869): 13097)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
American World War I veteran and politician (1892-1984)
Language Label Description Also known as
English
Edward Brooke Lee
American World War I veteran and politician (1892-1984)

    Statements

    instance of
    human
    0 references
    image
    Edward brook lee.jpg
    146 × 200; 6 KB
    0 references
    sex or gender
    male
    0 references
    given name
    Edward
    0 references
    date of birth
    23 October 1892Gregorian
    1 reference
    imported from Wikimedia project
    English Wikipedia
    father
    Blair Lee I
    0 references
    award received
    Distinguished Service Cross
    announcement date
    9 July 1918Gregorian
    award rationale
    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Captain (Infantry) Edward Brooke Lee, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, A.E.F., near Balschwiller, Alsace, 31 August 1918. While in command of a raiding party against the enemy trenches near Balschwiller on the morning of 31 August 1918, Captain Lee led the advance through the enemy wire, being the last to quit the enemy trenches, personally assisting in carrying the wounded back through the enemy counter-barrage, and remaining all day of August 31 in a shell hole in no man's land in order to assist all wounded to return to our line. (English)
    2 references
    reference URL
    https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/001500/001576/html/1576bio.html
    reference URL
    https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/13097
    Silver Star
    announcement date
    3 June 1919Gregorian
    award rationale
    By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Captain (Infantry) Edward Brooke Lee, United States Army, is cited by the Commanding General, American Expeditionary Forces, for gallantry in action and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the Victory Medals awarded him. Captain (Infantry) Lee distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving with the 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in action near Balschwiller, France, 31 August 1918, in assisting in carrying the wounded back through the enemy counter-barrage. (English)
    1 reference
    reference URL
    https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/13097#47271
    P7859 (Deleted Property)
    np-lee, edward brooke/ Property P7859 not found, cannot determine the data type to use.
    1 reference
    reference URL
    https://www.worldcat.org/identities/np-lee,%20edward%20brooke/

    Identifiers

    WikiTree person ID
    Lee-14167
    1 reference
    subject named as
    Edward Brooke Lee (23 Oct 1892 - 21 Sep 1984)
    retrieved
    5 August 2021
     
                    Retrieved from "https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q22018103&oldid=1540154285"