Name:
Maurice Liebman
Rank:
Messman
Serial Number:
Z238395
Unit:
United States Merchant Marine
Date of Death:
1942-04-11
State:
Cemetery:
Murmansk Allied Military Cemetery Extension, Murmansk, Russia
Plot:
South side
Row:
Grave:
22
Decoration:
Comments:
The exact identity and circumstances of death are unclear for the U.S. Merchant Mariner identified on his headstone as Maurice Liebman. According to archival documents citing U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters information, U.S. Merchant Mariner Morris Leibman died on 11 April 1942 onboard ship SS EL ESTERO -- one of the ships in Allied convoy PQ13 which was attacked en route into Murmansk in March 1942. The CWGC website spells his surname as Leibman and shows his death date as 15 April 1942. Some local Russian archival information identifies him in the Russian language as МОРИС ЛИБМАН (literal English transliteration: MORIS LIBMAN), including the first name which could be interpreted as Maurice or Morris.