Brenner Jerome B.

Monuments

The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan

F-7A 42-64189 Plaque

Name:

Jerome B. Brenner

Rank:

Corporal

Serial Number:

15071442

Unit:

24th Combat Mapping Squadron, 8th Photographic Group

Date of Death:

1944-08-11

State:

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Jefferson Barracks National Cem., Missouri

Plot:

Section 82

Row:

Grave:

114B-D

Decoration:

Comments:

Jerome B. Brenner was born in 1919 in Pennsylvania. He resided in Mahoning County, Ohio prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on November 25, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a routemen and also as Single, without dependents. Jerome served as a Corporal on F-7A (#42-64189), 24th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

Jerome was "Killed In Action" when the F-7A he was on crashed, for an undetermined reason, in India during the war. He was originally interred overseas and is now buried in the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA in a common grave with his crew. He was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945.

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