This memorial page is dedicated to Merlin Leroy Fawcett, 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.

 

Merlin Leroy Fawcett

Name: Fawcett
First names: Merlin Leroy
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 28 March 1923
Place of birth: North Ogden, Weber County, Utah
Residence: in Salt Lake County, Utah
Rank / Occupation: Technician 5th Class
Identity tag: 39910764
Unit: 23rd Infantry Battalion, 7th Armoured Division, Company B
Date of death: 16 October 1944
Place of death: Deurne, near the Deurne Canal
Cause of death: –
Cemetery: Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery in Salt Lake City, Utah (USA)
Memorial site: –

Additional information

Grave location: at this Cemetery

Son of George Henry and Lela Lou Nancy Gates Fawcett.

Merlin Leroy Fawcett
Merlin Leroy Fawcett

Obituary in ‘The Salt Lake Tribune’ on Friday 10 November 1944.
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