The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, CPL Robert Anderson Lee, RA44020397, who died in the service of his country on February 28th, 1951 in South Korea. The cause of death was listed as Seriously WIA by missile-Died of wounds (FECOM). At the time of his death Robert was 31 years of age. He was from Spring Hill, Tennessee. Robert's Military Occupation Specialty was 4745-Light Weapons Infantryman.

The decorations earned by CPL Robert Anderson Lee include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Korea Service Medal, and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

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Corporal Lee was a member of the 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was seriously wounded by the enemy in South Korea on February 5, 1951 and died of those wounds on February 28, 1951. Corporal Lee was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantrymans Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Robert was an African-American and a heavyweight Army boxing champion. He had been in the Army eight years and served at Pearl Harbor during WWII. Robert died in an Army hospital in Japan about six hours after being wounded by enemy shrapnel.

BURIAL LOCATION: SPRATTS CEMETERY, SPRING HILL, TN