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Personal info

Full name
LAMSON, William Dalbert
Date of birth
26 November 1912
Age
31
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36899533
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Machine Gunner
Unit
23rd Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
15 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Heckhalenfeld, Schnee Eifel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 9 64

Immediate family

Members
Daniel L. Lamson (father)
Mabel M. (Burroughs) Lamson (mother)
John L. Lamson (brother)
Jessie (Seroka) Lamson (wife)
William D. Lamson II (son)

More information

Pfc William D. Lamson was Educational Director of Briggs Local 212, Treasurer of Wayne County CIO Council, Board member of The United Transport Workers of America and a worker for the National CIO Allied Relief Committee and the Red Cross.

In 1946 a Scholarship Fund was established in his name.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, Susan Linton - United Auto Worker Newspaper - 15 July 1941/5 November 1938/1 December 1944, Detroit Free Press 6 March 1946, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Lamson/Quay Family Tree. www.history.army.mil/htm/bookshelves.resmat.ww2list.html, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Susan Linton - Flint Journal - 27 February 1938