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Personal info

Full name
LAMB, Donald Burchert
Date of birth
25 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana
Hometown
Lake County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35901444
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
12 December 1944
Place of death
Bergstein, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 37 14

Immediate family

Members
Amos B. Lamb (father)
Ruth M. (Simpson) Lamb (mother)
Emily R. Lamb (sister)

More information

Sgt Donald B. Lamb graduated from Hammond Technical School.

He was employed by the Junior Toy corporation and the Inland Steel company.

He was inducted in 1943 and went overseas in July 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 28th Infantry Regiment, www.myheritage.nl - Hammond Times, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.myheritage.nl - Hammond Times