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.