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Personal info

Full name
BRENNAN, Clarence W
Date of birth
4 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Dodgeville, Des Moines County, Iowa
Hometown
Dane County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
O1332463
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 April 1945
Place of death
Near Munich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 11 17

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Brennan (father)
Anna J. (Brokish) Brennan (mother)
Herman J. Brennan (brother)
Anna T. Brennan (sister)
Dorothy R. Brennan (sister)
Lawrence E. Brennan (brother)
Leonard J. Brennan (brother)
Ralph C. Brennan (brother)
Florence C. (Smyth) Brennan (wife)

More information

Clarence W. Brennan graduated from Dodgeville High School in 1936.

He enlisted in June 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / The George Waddell Brennan Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.newspaperarchive.com - Wisconsin State Journal
Photo source: www.ancestry.com – Max Brennan, www.newspaperarchive.com - Wisconsin State Journal