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Leland Lambe
First Name:
Leland
Middle Name:
L.
Last Name:
Lambe
Date of Birth:
6/1/1913
Birthplace:
Charlotte, NC
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in Belgium. Memorial marker in Henri-Chapelle, Belgium.
Age at Death: 31
Image Source: Duke Power Magazine
Personal Details
Education Details:
Central High School, Charlotte, Class of 1931
Biographical Notes:
Duke Power Co. Accounting Dept. in Charlotte, National Guard
Family Details:
Mrs. Louise Erwin Lambe - 516 N. Poplar St., Charlotte, NC
Randolph Leland Lambe, 22 months old (photo in Duke Power Magazine May 1944 p.17)
Mr. and Mrs. Leland L. Lambe - 209 S. Laurel Ave. Charlotte, NC, Mrs. Leila Headen Lambe (mother) - originally from Siler City, NC
Doris Lambe - Charlotte, NC, Mrs. W. R. Jamison - Baltimore, MD, Dwight Lambe - Myrtle Beach Air Base Myrtle Beach, SC
Military Details
Military Branch:
Army Enlisted: 1940
Military Rank:
Major
Military Unit:
120th Infantry, 30th Division at the time of his death, he was serving as Acting Lt. Colonel of his battalion
KIA Date:
9/10/1944
MIA Date:
NA
KIA / MIA Place:
Belgium
Military Details:
Camp Blanding, England, Fort Jackson, SC, Officers Training School, Fort Benning, GA, Tennessee, Belgium, Normandy invasion, France,
Awards:
Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Source:
newsprint and death index