This memorial page is dedicated to George Raymond Kapusta, 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.

 

George Raymond Kapusta

Name: Kapusta
First names: George Raymond
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 27 January 1915
Place of birth: Youngstown, Mahoning County
Residence: Youngstown, Mahoning County
Rank / Occupation: Technical Sergeant (Platoon Sergeant)
Identity tag: 35300176
Unit: 23rd Armoured Infantry Battalion, Company HQ
Date of death: 29 October 1944
Place of death: Liessel, north of the Heitrak (Kanaalstraat, near Hutten)
Cause of death: –
Cemetery: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten
Memorial site: –


Additional information

Grave location: O-8-4

Son of Mary R. Kapusta.

Awarded the Purple Heart.

The remains of George Raymond Kapusta were recovered in July 1945 by the British Graves Service, after which they were handed over to the American Graves Service for reburial at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten.

Henry T. Rone and James Frank Hyden were also buried at this site in separate field graves.

Op deze locatie lagen ook Henry T. Rone en James Frank Hyden begraven in separate veldgraven.

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