Friday 27th March 2026 a stumbling stone was placed in Mortsel, Eduard Arsenstraat 30, for Marcel Van Serveyt.

Marcel Van Serveyt was born in Paris on December 10, 1912. On February 5, 1931, he volunteered for service in the 6th Line Regiment. On May 10, 1940, he was part of the 11th Company of the 28th Line Regiment (a duplication of the 6th Line Regiment upon mobilization).

After the surrender of the Belgian army on May 28, 1940, Marcel also joined the NKB resistance group in Antwerp. He was involved in organizing this group in the province of Antwerp and established a service for intelligence and the transfer of weapons.

On April 24, 1942, he was arrested by the occupying forces and imprisoned in the prisons of Antwerp and Sint-Gillis. He was sentenced to death by the military court of Antwerp on January 11, 1943. Several pleas for clemency were denied.

On July 10, 1943, Marcel was executed by firing squad at the National Shooting Range in Brussels, along with his colleagues from the 6th Line Regiment, Rudolf Van Hoorick and François Zaunbreckers.

His daughter Jessie was one year old at the time. His young son Raymond perished later in the failed American bombing of the Erla factories in Mortsel on April 5, 1943.