James Lewis Lambright

PVT/ US ARMY Company M, 71st Infantry Regiment

Birth: May 15, 1889 in Frederick, MD

Death: December 1, 1918 in Frederick, MD

Private Lambright was buried in "Strangers' Row" without a grave marker. This area of the cemetery was once used to bury destitute patrons and unknown visitors to town who had expired while here, (having no known next of kin.)

Area M/Lot 24

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Frederick Post (Dec 2, 1918)

December 4th, 1918 entry into the Mount Olivet Cemetery Superintendent's register book showing Lambright's burial in Strangers' Row

WWI Draft Registration Card

ADDITIONAL FACTS OF NOTE
Military Information
Age at Enlistment: 28 years
Home Residence during War: 521 N. Bentz St, Frederick
Military Years: 1917-1919
                          Inducted 6/26/1918 Private
Company M, 71st Infantry
12/1/1918 Died from suicide-In Line of Duty
James Lewis Lambright went AWOL on 11/2/1918. When soldiers came to arrest him at his home on W. 6th Street in Frederick, Private Lambright swallowed arsenic. He died the next day while in police custody.

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Personal Information
Occupation:   Barber
Father: James Lewis Lambright, Sr.
Mother: Georgeanna House
Spouse: Annie E. Wickham

Cause of Death: Suicide by ingesting arsenic
Last Known Address: W. 6th St., Frederick, MD

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Donors: TBA