This memorial page is dedicated to Bernard L. Kennedy, one of more than 725 war victims connected to the municipality of Deurne documented by Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers. The municipality of Deurne and the surrounding villages of Liessel, Vlierden, Helenaveen, Neerkant and Zeilberg were liberated in the autumn of 1944 during heavy fighting. Victims fell on all sides: Allied soldiers from countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and New Zealand, and German soldiers.

But the archive covers more than just the combat victims on Deurne soil. Residents of Deurne who lost their lives elsewhere are also commemorated: civilians who were murdered in concentration camps, forced labourers who died in Germany, people who were executed or succumbed to the effects of persecution and oppression. In addition, residents of Deurne who entered German military service and were killed elsewhere are also included.

Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers has been documenting the story of all these people since 1995, without distinction of nationality, side or background. The goal is to give every person a name and a face, and to keep their memory alive.

 

Bernard L. Kennedy

Name: Kennedy
First names: Bernard L.
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 21 November 1914
Place of birth: Paterson (Passaic County), New Jersey
Residence: Paterson (Passaic County), New Jersey
Rank / Occupation: 1st Lieutenant / firefighter
Identity tag: 0-1303256
Unit: 23rd Armoured Infantry Battalion, Company HQ
Date of death: 29 October 1944
Place of death: Liessel, between Heitrak and Kanaalstraat
Cause of death: –
Cemetery: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten
Memorial site: –

 

Additional information

Grave location: F-5-26

Son of James F. Kennedy and Jennie Kennedy-Dahlinger

Awarded the Purple Heart.

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