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Grave marker for Lawrence Lambert in
Section B, site 2090-B of the Alexandria National
Cemetery, Pineville (Rapides Parish), Louisiana.
Lawrence had enlisted with the stated
choice of Air Corps but ended up in the Airborne
instead. He served as 1st Sergeant in Hq 1st
before being transferred to the 541st Parachute
Infantry, Ft Benning, GA on 15 August 1943.
He transitioned to the Air Force
after it was created in September 1943.
Whether his commission as a warrant officer was
attained in the Army or Air Force it unknown. He
apparently swerved in Korea and the award of a DFC
(Distinguished Flying Cross) as shown on his headstone
may imply that he had become rated as a helicopter
pilot. |
