Background
Lee, William C. was born on March 12, 1895 in Dunn, North Carolina, United States. Son of Eldridge and Emma Jane (Massengill) Lee.
Lee, William C. was born on March 12, 1895 in Dunn, North Carolina, United States. Son of Eldridge and Emma Jane (Massengill) Lee.
Student Wake Forest (North Carolina) College, 1913-1915. Bachelor of Science, North Carolina State College, 1917. Graduate company officers course, Infantry School, 1922, advanced course, 1933.
Graduate Tank School, Fort Meade, Maryland., 1930. Tank School, Versailles, France, 1934. Graduated from Command and General staff schedul, 1938.
Commissioned Second lieutenant, United States Army, 1913, and advanced through the ranks to brigadier general, 1942, major general, August 18, 1942. Served in American Expeditionary Force, France, World War I. Commanding American parachute troops, 1941-1942.
Commanding airborne troops, 1942-1945. Retired 1945.
Member Sigma Nu.; Mason.
Married Dava Johnson, June 5, 1918.