When Bernard Francis Lamb was born on October 7, 1918, in Huron, New York, his father, Ernest, was 21 and his mother, Marguerite, was 17. He had one son with Mary Madaline Clemons in 1943. He enlisted in the Army on May 9, 1944. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Private in the 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He died on February 15, 1945 and is now buried in Saint Mary's Cemetery, Fulton, Oswego County, New York, USA. His name is inscribed as Bernard B. Lamb on the monument.