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Lt Lamer enlisted 27 March 1943 and was sent overseas in January 1945.

Murdered by the SS.
#6580 was originally accepted by the 834th BS and flew as the "Dream King." Its call sign was Deepseat P Peter. Transferred to the 832nd and renamed "Flak Sak" this aircraft failed to return from a mission to Ziesar, Germany. At an altitude of 22,000' FLAK hit #6580 just after IP. Smoke from #3 and #4 obscured the aircraft from view. All crewmen bailed out from the stricken aircraft successfully. However, Lt Lamer and Lt Murphy, along with Sgt Marks and Sgt Sarockas were captured by SS troops after landing. Lt Dolan and Sgt Maxim were liberated a few days later when the Americans entered the city they were being held in.
"Iowa Falls - Mr. and Mrs. Eugene L. Lamer received a letter from Maj. Gen. Edward F. Witsell, adjudant general of the army, that their son, 2nd Lt. Kenneth E. Lamer, has been declared dead. Lt. Lamer was reported to be a prisoner of the Germans, 10 April 1945. His plane was damaged and forced down by flak near Seehausen, Germany, on the main road between Magdeburg and Braunschweig. The 9 crew members parachuted successfully and were taken prisoner. Three were marched in one direction, 6 in another. Lt. Lamer was one of the 6. The 6 included, besides Lt. Lamer, Lt. Kenneth P. Dolan, the pilot; Sgt. Larry T. Maxim, the nose gunner; and 3 others. Lt. Dolan and Sgt. Maxim were forced to drop out of line because of injuries received in parachuting. Lt. Lamer and his 3 companions were marched away, and were never heard from again. They were last seen by Lt. Dolan at Hornhausen, about 20 miles southwest of Magdeburg. Investigation has been made by the war crimes commission, and a personal investigation by Lt. Dolan, but no trace of the missing 4 members of the crew has been found. Lt. Lamer was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lamer."