Name:
Lambert Laverne Shoup
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
A/23253
Unit:
Canadian Army
Date of Death:
1945-02-13
State:
Michigan
Cemetery:
CWGC Cemetery - Plaque War Cemetery, Prague, Czech Republic
Plot:
II.A.1
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Comments:
Private Lambert Laverne Shoup was born in Ohio in 1911 and grew up in Michigan. He enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces at the start of World War 2. He served with the Essex Scottish Regiment , a Canadian unit best known for participating in the Dieppe Raid on 19 August 1942, which left the Regiment almost completely decimated. Shoup was most likely taken prisoner and died in captivity in the present day Czech Republic in 1945. Lambert Shoup’s brother, 2nd Lieutenant Clyde Shoup was a pilot in the 386th Squadron, of the 9th Air Force was killed while piloting his P-47 on October 7, 1944 over Germany. He is buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in the Netherlands (Grave: Plot K Row 15 Grave 22).