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Personal info

Full name
LAMBERT, Roy Thomas
Date of birth
15 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Westfield, Surry County, North Carolina
Hometown
Westfield, Surry County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34607033
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
In the Vicinity of Geilenkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 7 16

Immediate family

Members
William L. Lambert (father)
Sallie Lambert (mother)
Dewey C. Lambert (brother)
Brady A. Lambert (brother)
William H. Lambert (brother)

More information

T/5 Roy T. Lambert enlisted on 19 February 1943 at Camp Croft, South Carolina and trained at Fort McClellan, Alabama. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

He joined his unit from a replacement depot on 3 August 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.americandday.org, www.marylandmilitaryhistory.org/29div/reports

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Winston-Salem Journal 29 November 1944