Lee H. Lovvorn

Company B 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 06/08/1944

Lee Harold Lovvorn was born in Cullman, Cullman County, Alabama on March 8, 1920.

Prior to entering military service he was employed at the Cullman Electric Cooperative in Cullman, Alabama.

He was drafted into the Army on January 15, 1942 at Fort McClellan, Alabama. His civilian occupation
was listed as Electrician. He had completed grammar school and was single with no dependents.

He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal in Headquarters 22nd Infantry Motorized General Orders No. 5,
dated June 8, 1943 at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

Private First Class Lee H. Lovvorn was killed in action in France on June 8, 1944,
during 1st Battalion's attack against the German coastal batteries at Crisbecq.

Citation for the award of the Silver Star Medal to PFC Lee H. Lovvorn

From U.S. War Department Press Releases and Related Records 1942-1945 Box 11: B 125 - B 424
via Ancestry.com

Newspaper clipping announcing the death of Lee Lovvorn

Courtesy of Theophile Odaert

Decorations of Lee H. Lovvorn

Lee H. Lovvorn was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery
Sainte Mere-Eglise #1 at Carentan, France in Block C Row 9 Grave 175 and was moved to the permanent
cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, in the 1947-1949 time frame, when the temporary cemeteries were shut down.

Burial:
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Colleville-sur-Mer
Departement du Calvados
Basse-Normandie, France
Plot: Plot F Row 16 Grave 43

Grave marker for Lee H. Lovvorn

Photo by Frogman
from the
Find A Grave website

Top photo of Lee H. Lovvorn courtesy of Theophile Odaert

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