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Personal info

Full name
BRESNEN, Daniel Joseph III
Date of birth
13 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36976051
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
Near Mertzwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 43 21

Immediate family

Members
Daniel J. Bresnen Jr. (father)
Evelyn A. (Schneider) Bresnen (mother)
Evelyn Bresnen (sister)
Edward Bresnen (brother)

More information

Pvt Daniel J. Bresnen III graduated from Senn High School.

He enlisted on 3 May 1944,

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Clarke Family Spring / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.newspapers.com – Chicago Tribune Illinois 31 December 1944
Photo source: www.newspapers.com – Chicago Tribune Illinois 31 December 1944