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Personal info

Full name
LAMBRECHT, Clemens Andrew
Date of birth
22 October 1912
Age
31
Place of birth
Stayton, Marion County, Oregon
Hometown
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39302856
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 35 40

Immediate family

Members
Jacob J. Lambrecht (father)
Lena M. (Zolkoski) Lambrecht (mother)
Paul A. Lambrecht (brother)
Opal E. Lambrecht (sister)
Markus J. Lambrecht (brother)
Clarence J. Lambrecht (brother)
Myles L. Lambrecht (brother)
Ella M. Lambrecht (sister)
Elizabeth C. (Vickers) Lambrecht (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Clemens A. Lambrecht worked as a repairman for the Remington Rand Company in Portland.

He enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 18 June 1941 and was sent overseas in May 1944.

He died of wounds from a gunshot in his back sustained the previous day.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Maher Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - David Haspert, www.newspapers.com - The Capital Journal, 4 November 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / In the Dust of Stars, www.ancestry.com - Daniel Rosenberg