Bresnahan Walter A.

Monuments

Dieppe American Ranger Memorial

Name:

Walter A. Bresnahan

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

6131299

Unit:

1st Ranger Battalion

Date of Death:

1989-03-16

State:

Minnesota

Cemetery:

Evergreen Cemetery, Grand Blanc Township, Genesee County, Michigan, USA

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Walter A. Bresnahan was born in 1914. He served in the 1st Ranger Battalion, as a Private First Class during World War II. He was one of 50 US Army Rangers who participated with British Commando on the Dieppe raid in 1942 and was captured by Germans. He remained a POW until the end of the war and returned to the Allies on May 19, 1945. PFC Bresnahan died on March 16, 1989, and is now buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Grand Blanc Township, Genesee County, Michigan, USA.

Source of information: www.wwiirangers.org