Lamb, Roscoe Lewis

1916 - 1945  (28 years)

• Name	Lamb, Roscoe Lewis
  Birth	30 Aug 1916	Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	LAMB.R003
  _FGRAVE	15536762
  Military Service	World War II, Private First Class, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division  [2, 3, 4, 5]
  	Left hometown on February 3, 1943 to enter service with the U.S. Army Air Forces at the induction center at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Attended basic training at Saint Petersburg, Florida. Stationed at the Alexandria, Louisiana Airfield until December 1944, when he was transferred to the U.S. Army. After Infantry training at Camp Howze, Texas, departed the U.S. for the European Theater of Operations in February 1945. Assigned to Company L, 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. Killed in action near Frankfort, Germany on March 17, 1945; 2 days after entering combat. Later buried with military honors at Elmwood Cemetery in his hometown. Honored also at WWII Memorial in that cemetery. Source: https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=1528641
  		World War II Casualties, Clay County Illinois
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army Air Forces
  		United States Army Air Forces
  		9th Infantry Division ("Old Reliables"), United States Army
  		9th Infantry Division ("Old Reliables"), United States Army
  		47th Infantry Regiment, United States Army
  		Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		European Theater of World War II
  		Frankfurt, Germany
  		Alexandria International Airport, Louisiana Formerly England Air Force Base
  		Camp Howze, Gainesville in Cooke County, Texas
  Death	17 Mar 1945	Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany   [2]
  	Cause: Killed in Action
  Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [2]
  		Burial Flag, United States Military Veterans
  		Headstone, Lamb, Roscoe L.
  		Headstone, Lamb, Roscoe L. Displayed with permission of Ewood Sexton
  Person ID	I43043	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Lamb, Isaac Orval,   b. 1877, Illinois d. 1952 (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Benskin, Minnie Ethel,   b. 1889, Illinois d. 1974 (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1]
  Family ID	F10858	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Roscoe Lewis Lamb (1916-1945)

  
  

• Sources

  [S4917] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-20), image 17, page 8b, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00480?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2). [S13371] Findagrave.com, Headstone, Lamb, Roscoe L., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15536762), none. (Reliability: 2). [S15404] Robert Medley Gatewood, Brochure, Flora, Illinois, World War II Veterans Memorial, page #4, (https://genealogy.carlwgray.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=18791) (Reliability: 2). [S13372] http://www.wwiimemorial.com, World War II Honoree, Lamb, Roscoe L., (https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=1528641) (Reliability: 2). [S13373] http://www.wwiimemorial.com, World War II Honoree, Lamb, Roscoe L., (https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque_wardept.aspx?honoreeID=1040662) (Reliability: 2).