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Personal info

Full name
LAMBERT, Joseph Thomas
Date of birth
22 November 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Virginia, St. Louis County, Minnesota
Hometown
Marion County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35097093
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 19 1

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Lambert (father)
Katherine (Hawrylic) Lambert (mother)
Catherine (Abbott) Lambert (stepmother)
Alice Lambert (sister)
Norman Lambert (half brother)
Charles Lambert (half brother)

More information

S/Sgt Joseph T. Lambert attended high school for two years. He worked in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) at camp #589 in Owen County, Indiana.

He enlisted in Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 15 March 1943 and had been overseas since October 2, 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, http://genforum.genealogy.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis News, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis News