Willis Augustus Lee

Willis Augustus "Ching" Lee Jr. was a vice admiral of the United States Navy during World War II. Lee commanded the American ships during the second night of the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal and turned back a Japanese invasion force headed for the island. The victory ended Japanese attempts to reinforce their troops on Guadalcanal, and thus marked a turning point in both the Guadalcanal Campaign and the Pacific War.

11 May 1888

Born on the same birth date (11 May 1888): Irving Berlin

Born on the same birth day (11 May): Cam Newton • Cory Monteith • Eric Burdon • James L. Dolan • Johann Friedrich Blumenbach • Lim Seul-ong • Martha Graham • Miguel Sanó • Nene Macdonald • Paul Nash (artist) • Rip Sewell • Saadat Hasan Manto • Steven Sotloff • Tim Blake Nelson

Born in the same month (May 1888): Adriaan Roland Holst • Archie Alexander • Francesco Baracca • Hanna Barysiewicz • Inge Lehmann • Irving Berlin • Jim Thorpe • Kaarel Eenpalu • Louis Durey • Max Steiner • Miles Malleson • Rolf de Maré • Royal Rife • Tich Freeman • Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot • Zack Wheat