Private Ralph I. Lambert
Introduction
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Ralph I. Lambert
Headstone at Spring Hill Cemetery
Backstory and Context
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Ralph Irvin Lambert was born on November 28th, 1894, in Harrisville, Ritchie County, West Virginia, to Charles and Clara Matheny Lambert. He lived at 601 23rd Street, Huntington, and worked with plaster. He enlisted on June 14th, 1918, and was sent as a Private to the Machine Gun Training Center at Camp Hancock, Georgia. He died of pneumonia at Camp Hancock on January 8th, 1919. He was buried in Huntington’s Spring Hill Cemetery.
[From In the Service of Their Country - used with permission of the author]
Sources
Woodard, Benjamin. In the Service of Their Country: The Story of the Soldiers from Cabell County, West Virginia, Who Gave the Ultimate Sacrifice in the Great War. Sixth Printing. Benjamin Woodard - Lulu, 2019.
Honor Roll of Cabell County, W.Va. - Author's Picture (Benjamin Woodard)
Author - Benjamin Woodard