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Martens, Charles Alphonse Edouard

    Date of birth:
    February 10th, 1923 (Leuven, Belgium)
    Date of death:
    April 23rd, 1945 (Meeuwen, The Netherlands)
    Service number:
    10426
    Nationality:
    Belgian (1830-present, Constitutional Monarchy)

    Biography

    Killed in action as a soldier with the Brigade Piron, 2nd Battalion Liberation. The person concerned wore trunk number 10426.

    This soldier is buried in the old municipal cemetery of Roosbeek.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Soldaat (Private)
    Unit:
    2nd motorized Company, Independent Belgian Brigade "Piron Brigade", Free Belgian Forces
    Awarded on:
    January 23rd, 1953

    Registered posthumously by Royal Decree no.31
    Bronzen Kruis (BK)

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