This memorial page is dedicated to Stanley Darwin Gockel, 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.

 

Stanley Darwin Gockel

Name: Gockel
First names: Stanley Darwin
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 25 June 1918
Place of birth: Sundown, New York (USA)
Residence: New York
Rank / Occupation: Technician 4th Class
Identity tag: 32214424
Unit: 31st Tank Battalion, 7th Armoured Division, HQ Company
Date of death: 29 October 1944
Place of death: Liessel
Cause of death: –
Cemetery: Grahamsville Rural Cemetery, New York (USA)
Memorial site: –


Additional information

Son of Sherman D. Gockel and Melissa Ter Bush-Gockel. Widow: Laverne Bossley.

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