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Personal info

Full name
LAMBERT, Theron Edward
Date of birth
2 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana
Hometown
Allen County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35555141
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Unit
337th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal With Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
Lamspringe and Neuhof, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 20 11

Immediate family

Members
Moine Lambert (father)
Catherine (Porter) Lambert (mother)
Paul A. Lambert (brother)
Loraine L Lambert (sister)
Lucile H. Lambert (sister)
Maurice D. Lambert (brother)
Ellis W. Lambert (brother)
June B. Lambert (sister)
Mary J. Lambert (sister)
Hilda F. Lambert (sister)
Dorris Lambert (sister)
Nancy Lambert (sister)
Alta Lambert (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-102646
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Osnabrück, Germany
Mission: Combat
MACR: 10415

More information

T/Sgt Theron E. Lambert graduated from Northside High school in Fort Wayne in 1941. He was employed at Kroger Grocery & Baking.

A/C encountered severe prop wash and exploded in mid air. Plane exploded in the air and parts spread over 1,5 Miles.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - 1930-1940 Census / Headstone Inscription and Interment Record, www.fold3.com - MACR 10415, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: FOHF, www.ancestry.com - North Side High School Yearbook 1941 and 1946