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CPT Austin Edwin Eugene Brenneman

Distinguished Flying Cross
VMF 312 - Marine Fighter Squadron 312
Marines
Hostile, Died (KIA)
Remains Not Recovered
Aircraft Type: F4U-4
Aircraft Number: 82165
Date Of Loss: May 28, 1951
Service Number: 039340
Born: November 3, 1920
Home Or Place Of Enlistment
Rochester, New York
Town Or Area: Anak

Comments: Captain Brenneman was the pilot of a F4U-4 Corsair fighter with the Marine Fighter Squadron 312, Marine Air Group 12 aboard the carrier USS BATAAN (CVL-29). On May 28, 1951, while on an armed reconnaissance mission one mile east of Anak, North Korea, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, crashed and exploded. His remains were not recovered.

Grover Cleveland Brenneman and Vesta Brenneman.

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