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• Brassart, Johannes   b. 1400  d. October, 1455
  Composer. An influential member of the Burgundian School of Renaissance music. Born in Lowaige, Flanders (now Belgium), he was ordained a priest in Liege in 1422. In 1431 he was employed as a Papal Singer in Rome, where he met composer Guillaume Dufay; his best known compositions, the motets "O flors fragrans" and "Te dignitas presularis", were probably written during this period. From 1434 to 1443 he served Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund and later Empress Elisabeth as Rector of the Royal...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Cathedral of Saint-Paul, Liege, Liege, Belgium
   
• Carey Jr., Charles F.   d. January 9, 1945
  World War II Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Born in Canadian, Oklahoma, entered the service at Cheyenne, Wyoming and served as a Technical Sergeant in the 379th Infantry, 100th Infantry Division, United States Army. On January 8, 1945, at Rimling, France, he was in command of an antitank platoon when about 200 enemy infantrymen and 12 tanks attacked his battalion. Acting entirely on his own, he organized a patrol, rescued 2 of his squads from a threatened sector and evacuated the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz, Liege, Belgium
  Plot: C-29-12
   
• Castle, Frederick Walker    b. October 14, 1908  d. December 24, 1944
  World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Frederick Castle attended the US Military Academy, graduating 7th in the class of 1930. For the next four years he was pilot and assistant operations officer with the Air Corps. In 1934 he resigned his commission and returned to civilian life. However, he maintained his reserve status with the New York National Guard, and in January 1942 he re-entered active service. By 1944, he was commander of the 4th Combat Bomb Wing, and after leading...[Read More] (Bio by: Anne Cady)
  Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Henri-Chapelle, Liege, Belgium
  Plot: Plot D, Row 13, Grave 53
   
• Gray ., PFC. Desmond R   b. May 1, 1917  d. November 10, 1944
  
  Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Henri-Chapelle, Liege, Belgium
   
• Gretry, André Ernest Modeste [heart only]   b. February 8, 1741  d. September 24, 1813
  Composer, born in Liege. Wrote many operas, also some ballet and orchestral music. The bottom photograph shows his statue in front of the Opera House, Liege (Belgium) - his heart is interred behind the grille beneath the statue.
  Place de I Opera, Liege, Liege, Belgium
  Plot: His heart is in an urn behind the little grille under his statue
   
• Hankins ., PFC. Donald W   b. 1922  d. December 23, 1944
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  Private First Class Hankins (Serial #36415206) served in the:
  - United States Army
  - 82nd Airborne Division
  - 325th Glider Infantry Regiment
  - Company F
  
  His Army enlistment date / place was:
  - December 19, 1942
  - Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
  
  He was a resident of:
  - Wexford County, Michigan
  
  As a civilian, he worked on a farm
  
  He was Killed In Action during World War II
  
  He was...[Read More]
  Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Henri-Chapelle, Liege, Belgium
   
• Harmel, Pierre Charles   b. March 16, 1911  d. November 15, 2009
  Belgium Prime Minister, Diplomat. He was Prime Minister of Belgium from July 1965 to March 1966. Trained as a lawyer, he became a member of the United Nation's General Assembly in the late 1940s. He served as his country's minister of education and justice during the 1950s, and as a minister of the civil service in the early 1960s. Harmel was the author of the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) policy of detente towards the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact, based on tough national and...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
  Robermont, Liege, Liege, Belgium
   
• Jaspar, Bobby (Robert-Louis-Joseph)    b. February 20, 1926  d. March 4, 1963
  Musician. Born in Liège, Belgium, he was a jazz saxophonist, flautist and composer, noted for starting the first European Be-Bop group, "The Bob Shots". During the 1940s, he shared the stage of the Paris Jazz Festivals with artist such as Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Chet Baker, Sidney Bechet and Albert Nicholas. Before starting his own group, he recorded with Hank Jones, Tommy Flanagan, Eddie Costa, J.J. Johnson, Herbie Mann and many other notable New York jazz artists of the period in the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Cimetiere de Robermont, Liege, Liege, Belgium
   
• Jerstad, John Louis    b. February 12, 1918  d. August 1, 1943
  World War II Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Born in Racine, Wisconsin and served as a Major in the 93rd Bomb Group, 9th Army Air Force, Europe, flying B-24 Liberators. He had completed more than his tour of missions and was no longer directly connected with the 93rd Bomb Group. When he heard of the upcoming low level bombing mission against the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania, he volunteered to lead a formation. On August 1, 1943, three miles from the target, his bomber was badly...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz, Liege, Belgium
  Plot: Plot C Row 24 Grave 10
   
• Kimbro, Truman Carol    b. May 27, 1919  d. December 19, 1944
  World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Truman Kimbro was working as a farm hand in Texas when he enlisted in the United States Army on December 2, 1941. He was sent with his company to Belgium, where in 1944 he was killed while performing his assigned mission under heavy enemy fire. Five months later he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions. The citation reads: "On 19 December 1944, as scout, he led a squad assigned to the mission of mining a vital crossroads...[Read More] (Bio by: Anne Cady)
  Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Henri-Chapelle, Liege, Belgium
  Plot: Plot F Row 6 Grave 28
   
• Kimmey, TSgt. Robert M   b. June 14, 1923  d. June 21, 1944
  
  Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz, Liege, Belgium
   
• Lekeu, Guillaume   b. January 20, 1870  d. January 21, 1894
  Composer. Born in Verviers, Belgium, he studied at the Paris Conservatory and placed second in its 1891 Prix de Rome competition. He also studied privately with Cesar Franck and Vincent D'Indy, who were so impressed with his natural ability that they introduced him to several influential music figures. In 1893, the famous violinist Eugene Ysaye commissioned two chamber works from him, a Violin Sonata and a Piano Quartet. The Sonata is a work of genius and remains a staple of the violin...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Cimetiere de Heusy, Verviers, Liege, Belgium
   
• Lindsey, Capt. Darrell Robins [cenotaph]    b. December 30, 1919  d. August 9, 1944
  World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Born in Jefferson, Iowa and served as a Captain, flight commander for the 394th Bomb Group's 585th Squadron, U.S. Army Air Corps. On August 9, 1944 he led a formation of 30 B-26s in a mission to destroy the strategic enemy-held L'lsle Adam railroad bridge over the Seine in occupied France. During the approach, his plane's right engine received a direct hit from enemy antiaircraft fire and burst into flames. He remained composed and piloted...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz, Liege, Belgium
  Plot: No Known Grave; name is listed on the Tablets of the Missing.
   
• McGraw, Francis X.    b. April 29, 1918  d. November 20, 1944
  World War II Confgressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Francis X. McGraw and his family moved to Camden New Jersey from Philadelphia when he was 2 years old. After completing school, he worked for the Campbell Soup company before enlisting in the Army in February 1942. He was sent overseas with his unit, taking part in combat operations in North Africa and Europe, including taking part in the D-Day invasion in France. In November 1944, Private McGraw was killed while engaged in battle with...[Read More] (Bio by: Anne Cady)
  Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Henri-Chapelle, Liege, Belgium
  Plot: Plot A Row 18 Grave 25
   
• Peter the Hermit    b. 1050  d. 1115
  Preacher who according to legend inspired the First Crusade. He took part as the leader of one of its bands.
  Neufmoustier Monastery ruins, Huy, Liege, Belgium
   
• Thomas, René-François-Auguste-Nicolas    b. February 25, 1926  d. January 3, 1975
  Famaous belgian jazz musician (Guitar). Thomas began to play with Bobby Jaspar in the fifties in Paris. He also played with Chet Baker and french jazz players. In the sixties he went to Canada and the United States where he met Sonny Rollins, Coltrane and many others. He died in Spain from heart disease.
  Cimetiere de Robermont, Liege, Liege, Belgium
   
• Tiller, Sgt. Homer M   b. October 22, 1911  d. April 29, 1944
  
  Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz, Liege, Belgium
   

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