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Ligtvoet, Petrus Jacobus

Date of birth:
June 6th, 1921 (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Date of death:
April 25th, 1945 (Hedel, The Netherlands)
Buried on:
Dutch War Cemetery Grebbeberg
Plot: 9. Grave: 39.
Nationality:
Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Landed with the Brigade in Normandy and went North to liberate the Netherlands. In Hedel a mine detonated under his vehicle. He died on the spot while three of his comrades were wounded.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Prinses Irene Brigade, Free Dutch Forces
Awarded on:
July 12th, 1945

Posthumously awarded (Royal Decree no.7)
Bronzen Leeuw (BL)

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