Lt Lambert C. Root - DNB 24 Feb 1944 - England

[Leendert]

Lt. Lambert C. Root (0-376854) died in an airplane crash in England on 24 Feb 1944. He's buried at the Cambridge American Cemetery.
Unit was US 44th FA Battalion, 4th Inf Div.

According to a 1944 US newspaper he died in "aerial action", another says he died of injuries in an airplane crash.

It appears (a) passenger was Lt Col Henry C. Walker III (0-021839), CO of 44th FA Bn, who also died in the crash.

An L-4 comes to mind? Info welcome, thanks.

Regards,
Leendert

[Alex Smart]

Lt Col. Henry Clay Walker III is at Forest Park East Cemetery,
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana USA.
DIS.(Died in service).
Both he and Lt. Lambert C Root were from the 44th Field Artillery Battalion, 4th Infantry Division.
DNB( Died none Battle).

Alex

[Leendert]

Small world, they both came from Caddo Parish (County), Louisiana, and are in the World War II Honor List of that State.

Leendert

[Alex Smart]

Thanks Leendert,
Odd though that one is noted as DNB while the other is DIS . Wonder why the difference if they were killed in the same event ?
Alex

[dp_burke]

Where did you find DIS as Walkers status? What source?

On the https://www.wwiimemorial.com

Walker is also Died Non Battle.

[Leendert]

Perhaps Alex got it from the gravestone of Lt Col Walker, which says "Died in service...".
All other references give DNB (wwiimemorial.com, wwii state honor lists...) for Walker.

Regards,
Leendert

[dp_burke]

Ah yes. Alex, the grave inscription is just what his family asked to have put on there, its not an official 'status'.

[Alex Smart]

Hi, details re BNB are to be found in the Louisiana lists.

https://www.archives.gov/research/mi...louisiana.html

And yes re Walker the headstone DIS.