SSG ROBERT BRUCE LAMBERT
21st Military Police Company
Fort Bragg, North Carolina

July 20, 1943 - October 16, 1976
Killed in the line of duty



FROM "NORTH CAROLINA LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL"

(http://www.geocities.com/ncleom/Robert_Bruce_Lambert.html)

Robert Bruce Lambert
Sergeant
21st Military Police Company
Fort Bragg 
End of Watch: October 16, 1976
 
Staff Sergeant Lambert was assigened to the booking area of the Cumberland County Law Enforcement Center in Fayetteville NC, his duty was the processing of military prisoners On October 16, 1976, the Fayetteville Police arrested a member of the US Army and transported him to SSG Lamberts location. The suspect was uncooperative and SSG Lambert entered the Detention Cell to restrain him. The suspect produced a knife that he had concealed on his person and cut SSG Lambert in the thigh, severing his femoral artery. SSG Lambert bled to death as a result of his wounds.



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