Lee A. Dyson

Technician Fourth Class, U.S. Army

Unit: 6th Armored Division

Entered the service from: New Jersey

Died: January 7, 1944

Buried at: Atco Cemetery, Atco, NJ

Technician Fourth Class Lee A. Dyson was born in Pennsylvania in 1918 to Matthew M. and Beatrice A. Dyson. Sometime after 1922 his parents relocated to Atco, NJ, where his father had gone into the ice business. The family owned a home on Maple Avenue, near Raritan Avenue, in Atco. In 1936 Matthew Dyson passed away and was buried at Atco Cemetery. Before entering the military, Lee Dyson had been a member of Atco Volunteer Fire Company No. 1. A high school graduate, Lee Dyson was inducted into the United States Army at Fort Dix, NJ, on April 8, 1942. He was assigned to the 6th Armored Division, which in 1943 was stationed at Camp Cooke, CA (now Vandenberg Air Force Base). He was honorably discharged on November 14, 1943. Lee Dyson died while serving at Camp Cooke on January 7, 1944. He was survived by his mother, brothers Charles F., Matthew Jr., and William H. Dyson, and a sister, Mary J. Dyson. He was buried next to his father at Atco Cemetery, Atco, NJ.

Source: American Battle Monuments Commission