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Personal info

Full name
BORDEN, Paul Lambert Jr
Date of birth
3 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina
Hometown
Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
O-1283199
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 February 1945
Place of death
Schmidt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 9 10

Immediate family

Members
Paul L. Borden (father)
Martha G. (Winstead) Borden (mother)
Richard W. Borden (brother)
Dorothy (Crisman) Borden (wife)

More information

1st Lt Paul L. Borden Jr. graduated from Goldsboro High School and the University of North Carolina. He attended the Virginia Military Institute for one year.

1st Lt Lambert is remembered with a memorial marker at Willow Dale Cemetery in Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com - Tom Reece, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred / Tom Reece / Ron, News and Record - 14 March 1945, The News and Observer - 16 March 1945