Here’s a great weekly stumper that could be tough so we’ll give you a clue: It’s somewhere in peninsular Charleston. Where and what is it? Send your best guess to: feedback@statehousereport.com.
Last week’s mystery photo, “Interesting memorial,” is of a family tribute to a World War II veteran buried in a cemetery at the Salem United Methodist Church near Lamar in Florence County.
Longtime sleuth Bill Segars sent the photo noting, “the fact that a rural Florence County family would erect such a moment for a 20-year-young man who was killed in action … speaks volumes.” We agree.
Mystery photo aficionado Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas, tells us that the memorial is to Darlington County native Duncan Owen Lee, a U.S. Army soldier born in 1925 and killed near Forbach, France, in 1945.
“His death occurred during fierce fighting as Allied forces pushed through eastern France toward Germany in the final months of the war,” Peel wrote. “Initially, Lee was buried in the Epinal American Cemetery in France, one of many soldiers laid to rest near the battlefields where they fell.” His remains were returned to South Carolina in 1948 and he was buried among family members in the church cemetery.
Congratulations to others who identified the memorial to Lee, including David Lupo of Mount Pleasant; Larry Musetti of Charleston; Jay Altman of Columbia; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; and Mike Tucker of West Columbia.
- Send us a mystery picture. If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Send to: feedback@statehousereport.com and mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
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