Comments/Citation:
ANDRZEJEWSKI, Lambert S., Pvt 521/745(Rifleman) SN: 510141
Born: 21 Mar 1922 Michigan
Enlisted USMCR: 02 Dec 1942 (Home of Record: 4077 Campbell Avenue, Detroit, Michigan)
Died: 10 Jul 1943 (KIA, Enogai Point, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA (Section 34, Grave 1534)
Headquarters, Central Recruiting Division, Chicago, IL
Dec 1942 Pvt, Hq, CRD, Chicago, IL “2Dec42; Jdenl at DHS Milwaukee, Wis. and tr to RD, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
2nd Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Dec 1942 Pvt, 2ndRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA “2Dec42; 4, jdfr CRD; 2, Jdenl at DHS Milwaukee, Wis.”
Jan 1943 Pvt, 2ndRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA “27, Tr by S/Rs fr USMCR Cl III(c) to Cl III(b); 27, to FMFTC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif.”
14th Replacement Battalion, FMF Training Center, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, 14thReplBn, FMFTC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “2Dec42; 27, jdfr 2ndRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
Apr 1943 Pvt, 14thReplBn, FMF, In the Field “Emb 17Apr43 and sailed 18Apr43”
Company A, 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co A, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) “2Dec42; 4, emb abd USS CROSBY at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefrom same date; 4, underway; 5, landed on enemy territory and participated in action on New Georgia, B.S.I.; 10, KIA at Enogai Point, New Georgia, B.S.I and buried on island; GO#20 does not apply.”
Based on this service record, I believe that we can confidently state that he rates the following awards for WWII:
Purple Heart Medal
Combat Action Ribbon
Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal
Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal-1 star
World War II Victory Medal
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One of the Fallen in the Pacific—PFC Lambert Stanley Andrzejewski SN 510141
Lambert was born in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan on March 12, 1922. His parents, Stanley and Agnes Andrzejewski, were Polish immigrants. His sister, Patricia, was 2 years younger and his brother, Theodore, 11 years younger. His father was a machine operator in an auto parts factory. Lambert attended High School for 2 years and worked as an usher in a movie theatre before enlisting in the Marine Corps on December 2, 1942.
Lambert reported to Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California in January 1943 and assigned to the 2nd Recruit Training Battalion. In April 1943 he was assigned to the 14th Replacement Battalion and sailed to the Solomon Islands. He was then assigned to Company A of the 1st Marine Raider Regiment. On July 20, 1943 his Raider Regiment along with 2 Army infantry battalions attacked a Japanese garrison guarding the port of Bairoko, located on the northern coast of New Georgia. Lamber was killed in action on the first day of the battle.
He was initially buried in the Solomon Islands and later returned to the U.S. and was interred at Arlington National Cemetery on February 17, 1949—site 34 Grave 1534.
PFC Lambert Stanley Andrzejewski, we thank you for your dedication, service and sacrifice for our country. You are not forgotten.
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Sources:
Ancestryinstitution.com
Fold3
Together We Served
US census 1930
US Census 1940
Missingmarines.com
Internet
Honorstates.org
Newspapers.com
Detroit Free Press August 6, 1943
Findagrave.com
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