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Personal info

Full name
BRENNAN, John Thomas
Date of birth
9 April 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36618546
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Gunner
Unit
C Company,
21st Armored Infantry Battalion,
11th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Noville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 16 73

Immediate family

Members
John Brennan (father)
Cecelia (O'Connor) Brennan (mother)
Cecelia T. Brennan (sister)

More information

S/Sgt John T. Brennan graduated from Fenwick High School and Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa for one year.

He enlisted in October 1942 and trained at Camp Polk, Louisiana.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://11tharmoreddivision.com , https://newspaperarchives.com - Oak Leaves (Oak Park, Illinois) 8 February 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten