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Personal info

Full name
BRESNAHAN, Thomas F
Date of birth
22 January 1913
Age
32
Place of birth
Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
31107202
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
9th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 March 1945
Place of death
Bad Breisig-Brohl, West bank of the Rhine River, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 10 14

Immediate family

Members
Daniel Bresnahan (father)
Bridget (Moriarty) Bresnahan (mother)
Daniel Bresnahan (brother)
Catherine Bresnahan (sister)
Maurice Bresnahan (brother)

More information

Sgt Thomas F. Bresnahan enlisted in Manchester, New Hampshire on 24 March 1942.
He was a clerk before he enlisted.

Sgt Bresnahan died of a concussion. He was initially buried in a temporary grave at Henri-Chapelle on 18 March 1945. He was disinterred on 13 November 1947 and his remains were prepared and placed in a casket on 26 November 1947. He was given his final resting place on 10 December 1948.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Aimee Fogg, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, IDPF

Photo source: American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle