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Personal info

Full name
BRENIA, Walter J
Date of birth
26 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Ansonia, New Haven County, Connecticut
Hometown
Ansonia, New Haven County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31331256
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of St. Dié, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 16 61

Immediate family

Members
John Brenia (father)
Bronisluwa (Owcarz) Brenia (mother)
Anna Brenia (sister)
Joseph Brenia (brother)
Stephen J. Brenia (brother)
Mary Brenia (sister)
Julia Brenia (sister)
Olga Brenia (sister)
Harold Brenia (brother)
Walter Brenia (brother)
Mildred Brenia (sister)
Nellie Brenia (sister)

More information

Sgt Walter J. Brenia was a foundry worker.

He enlisted in New Haven, Connecticut on 31 March 1943.

From February 1944 until April 1945 he was hospitalized in Italy for malaria and phneumonia.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy