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Personal info

Full name
BRENNER, Irving S
Date of birth
4 January 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York
Hometown
St. Louis County, Missouri
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
O-1058195
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
155th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
0.87 miles east of Blumenkamp, Wesel
Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 3 4

Immediate family

Members
Joseph (Shertzer) Brenner (father)
Dora (Hipoltsceiner) (Shertzer) Brenner (mother)
Stanley Brenner (brother)
Albert Brenner (brother)
William Brenner (brother)
Victor Brenner (brother)
Anita Brenner (sister)
Helen K. (McHale) Brenner (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Irving S. Brenner was a welder before he enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Wisconsin on 5 January 1943.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / Murray Family Tree / Gaither and McHale Family Tree / WWII Enlistment Records /WWII Jewish Service Card, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/155/155_honor.html, 17th Airborne Division Historical Report of Operation Varsity, Book: The Last Drop, Operation Varsity March 24-25, 1945 by Stephen L. Wright

Photo source: Murray Family Tree