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Personal info

Full name
LAMBERT, Marsile Joseph
Date of birth
10 March 1910
Age
33
Place of birth
Beaverville, Iroquois County, Illinois
Hometown
Lake County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35113837
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
410th Bombardment Squadron,
94th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 May 1943
Place of death
Pewsum, near Canum, north of Emden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 16 16

Immediate family

Members
Arthur J. Lambert (father)
Lucille Lambert (mother)
Edmund E. Lambert (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-29682
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Easy Aces
Destination: Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the U-boat base
MACR: 15096

More information

Sgt Marsile J. Lambert attended Emerson High School and was a clerk before eh enlisted in Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 20 June 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten,Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record/ Kleckner Family Tree, www.fold3.com, http://www.8thafhs.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten