[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8609]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING THE LIFE OF FALLEN MISSISSIPPI U.S. MARINE CORPS SERGEANT 
                      (SGT) JONATHAN WYATT LAMBERT

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                            HON. TRENT KELLY

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 26, 2017

  Mr. KELLY of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in memory of U.S. 
Marine Corps Sergeant (Sgt) Jonathan Wyatt Lambert who paid the 
ultimate sacrifice while defending our great nation on May 26, 2003, 
during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sgt Lambert died on June 1, 2003, at 
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, from injuries he sustained 
when the Humvee he was riding in rolled over.
  Sgt Lambert was assigned to the Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine 
Division, Camp Pendleton, California. The 1993 Booneville High School 
graduate enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1995. Sgt Lambert served 
in the Marine Corps for four years. After working in wireless data 
communications, Sgt Lambert reenlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 
November 2000.
  A proud Eagle Scout, Sgt Lambert was inspired to join the Marines by 
his uncle, Carroll Brown, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps in 
Vietnam. He liked to listen to his stories.
  Shortly before his death, Sgt Lambert wrote an article that appeared 
on Memorial Day in his hometown newspaper, The Banner-Independent. ``I 
am a Marine,'' he wrote. ``It has always been a dream for me to be in 
the Marines. I love the challenge. I continuously work and sweat for 
it. I feel that I need to give back to my nation what so many have gave 
before me.''
  Sgt Lambert left behind a wife, Betty Oswalt Lambert, and daughter, 
Kinsey Jade Lambert, of Rienzi. Though he died the day before her 
second birthday, Kinsley Jade recently said how much she enjoys hearing 
the stories about her father. She is proud of his service. ``I'm proud 
of him for being in the military,'' Kinsley Jade said. ``I respect 
that. He did it for our country.''
  ``I have always been proud. He was my hero,'' Mrs. Lambert said. ``He 
was the one who was going to keep the evil from coming to America. He 
was loved.''
  In 2013, Sgt Lambert was memorialized with the renaming of a portion 
of Highway 4 in Prentiss County in his honor.
  Sgt Lambert's funeral was held at Little Brown Freewill Baptist 
Church. Mrs. Lambert says more than one hundred cars were in the 
funeral procession which followed the route where her son grew up in 
New Site.
  Sgt. Lambert was the recipient of the following awards: Marine Corps 
Achievement Medal, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, National Defense 
Service Medal (2), Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, Meritorious Mast (2), 
Army Achievement Medal, Rifle Expert Badge, Pistol Expert Badge, 
Certificate of Commendation (Individual Award), Letter of Appreciation 
(2nd AWD).
  In addition to his wife and daughter, Sgt Lambert is survived by his 
parents, Johnny and Becky Lambert, sister, Misty Terry, and niece Allie 
Eaton.
  Sgt Lambert's sacrifice to protect the freedoms we all enjoy will not 
be forgotten.

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