Douglas Lesh Lambert

Male 1920 - 1944  (24 years)


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  • Name Douglas Lesh Lambert 
    Born 13 Feb 1920  Huntington, Cabell Co.WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 28 Apr 1944  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1942 8 Sep WWII Enlistment Record, PFC 557th Quartermaster Railhead Company.

      Operation TIGER was held 22-30 April 1944, at Slapton Sands, England. It was the major training dress rehearsal for the 4th Infantry Division's assault at Utah Beach, Normandy, France on D-Day, 6 June 1944. In the early morning hours of 28 April 1944, eight Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) were in Lyme Bay, heading towards Slapton Sands, with the assault's follow on force of combat service support soldiers. The losses sustained during this exercise were a closely held secret until the end of D-Day invasion to keep the Germans from learning about allied invasion plans. The 3206th Quartermaster Service Company sustained the heaviest losses of any unit the night of 27-28 April 1944.

      The 3206th Quartermaster Service Company was virtually wiped out. Of 251 officers and men, 201 were killed or wounded. The 557th Quartermaster Railhead Company also had heavy losses, 69 casualties in all.
    Buried Christian Cemetery. Fort Gay. Wayne Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Records show from www.exercise-tiger.com that Douglas L Lambert was buried initially at Brookwood military cemetery on 1st May 1944 and had repatriation burial. He was brought home to his family and buried in Christian Cemetery.
    Person ID I28990  Master File
    Last Modified 19 Feb 2015 

    Father Rev. Willie Elbert Lambert,   b. 25 Oct 1892, Wayne Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr., 1965, Huntington, Cabell Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Grace Ellen Akers,   b. 26 May 1889, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1958, Huntington, Cabell Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Family ID F12380  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart