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Personal info

Full name
LAMBERT, Robert E
Date of birth
11 July 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Hometown
Nassau County, New York

Military service

Service number
12232006
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
Harz mountains, East of Osterode am Harz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 3 8

Immediate family

Members
Harold S. Lambert (father)
Anna E. (Kurtz) Lambert (mother)
Dorothy Lambert (sister)
Marilyn R. Lambert (sister)
Ann Lambert (sister)

More information

Pvt Robert E. Lambert joined the U.S. Army Reserve at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 20 September 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, New York, New York, Birth Index, 1910-1965, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, www.bklyn.newspaper.com - Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 27 June 1945, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Lambert Family