Howard N. Lamb

Company A 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 12/02/1944

Howard N. Lamb was born in Alabama on July 29, 1912.

He enlisted in the Regular Army for service in the Panama Canal Department on October 8, 1940
at Montgomery, Alabama. His home of residence was listed as Dothan, Houston County, Alabama.
He had completed grammar school and was single with no dependents. His religion was listed as Protestant.

The date of his assignment to the 22nd Infantry is unknown but he was with the Regiment
at least by December 1942 as his name is listed in a Company roster on a menu for the
Christmas Dinner of Company A 22nd Infantry at Camp Gordon, Georgia in December 1942. *

He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal as a Technician Grade 4 in Headquarters 22nd Infantry
General Orders No. 5 dated June 8, 1943 at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

Technician Grade 4 Lamb was killed in action in Germany
during the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest.

Decorations of Howard N. Lamb

Howard N. Lamb was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
Neuville-En-Condroz Cemetery, Liege, Belgium and some time later
his remains were returned to the United States where he was
reinterred in Alabama.

Burial:
Pinckard Cemetery
Pinckard
Dale County
Alabama

Grave marker for Howard N. Lamb

Photo by Paul Brown from the Find A Grave website

* Courtesy of Julien Woestyn

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