83rd Division Booklet

Cpl Gordon T. Lamb

Corporal
Gordon T. Lamb

Corporal Gordon T. Lamb

Gordon Troken Lamb was born on August 30, 1923, in Mikwankee, Wisconsin, to Matilda Trokan, his Czech Republic born mother, (1888–1960) and Ralph Lamb (1891–1970).

Gordon Lamb enlisted in the Army on January 25, 1943, in Utica, New York, he was 19 years old. The Morning Reports from April 30, 1945 listed him as assigned an joined G/331 from the 86th Reinforcement Battalion. For his service in WWII he was awarded, among other decorations, the Combat Infantryman's Badge.

Gordon Lamb married Alice Mae Follmer in Little Falls, New York, on June 24, 1950. He died on March 18, 1996, in Little Falls, New York and was survived by his wife Alice Lamb (1925–2004).