Lamb, Waylen, SFC

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Sergeant First Class
Last Service Branch
Infantry
Last Primary MOS
111.07-Rifleman (Parachutist)
Last MOS Group
Infantry
Primary Unit
1942-1945, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR)
Service Years
1940 - 1964
Infantry
Sergeant First Class
Six Service Stripes
Five Overseas Service Bars

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Home State
Arkansas
Arkansas
Year of Birth
1920
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Brothers Only
Last Address
Columbia, South Carolina
Date of Passing
Nov 07, 1986
 
Location of Interment
Greenlawn Memorial Park - Columbia, South Carolina

 Official Badges 

Drill Sergeant Badge Army Military Police US Army Retired (Pre-2007) Honorably Discharged WW II

Military Police Brassard


 Unofficial Badges 

Airborne





WWII - European Theater of Operations/Rhineland Campaign (1944-45)/Operation Market Garden
From Month/Year
September / 1944
To Month/Year
September / 1944

Description
"35,000 troops, 11,377 dead, wounded or missing, 6,450 captured. Objective was to secure series of bridges over main rivers of German occupied Netherlands. Strategic purpose was to allow allied crossing of the Rhine River. The last natural barrier
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
September / 1944
To Month/Year
September / 1944
 
Last Updated:
Mar 16, 2020
   
Personal Memories
   
My Photos From This Battle or Operation
No Available Photos

  176 Also There at This Battle:
  • Fulmer, Edward Simons, 2LT, (1941-1945)
  • Galbraith, William P., SGT, (1942-1947)
  • Hatcher, Arvil, S/SGT, (1943-Present)
  • Joint, Edward, PFC, (1942-1945)
  • Knapp, William, 1LT, (1942-1946)
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