James Henry Drennan Collection

Biographical Information

Gender

Male

Race

Unspecified

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War or Conflict

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Military Status

Veteran

Dates of Service

1955-1990

Entrance into Service

Commissioned

Branch of Service

Army

Unit of Service

Headquarters Battery, 136th Field Artillery Battalion, 37th Infantry Division, Ohio Army National Guard; 7th Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment

Location of Service

Camp Stoneman, California; Fort Ord, California; Dayton, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Dix, New Jersey; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania; Washington, DC; Camp Radcliff, An Khe, Vietnam

Highest Rank

Colonel

Prisoner of War

No

Service History Note

The veteran served as commander of Battery A, 136th Field Artillery Battalion in Ohio; and as battalion commander of the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment in Vietnam. He also served in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans at the Pentagon; then later as special assistant to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau at the Pentagon.

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War or Conflict

Korean War, 1950-1953

Military Status

Veteran

Dates of Service

1952-1954

Entrance into Service

Commissioned

Branch of Service

Army

Unit of Service

932nd Field Artillery Battalion, 31st Infantry Division; C Battery, 39th Field Artillery Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division; Army Reserve

Location of Service

Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Camp Atterbury, Indiana; Korea

Highest Rank

Second Lieutenant

Prisoner of War

No

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Video: Betacam SP [2 items] -- Oral history interview

Video: Betacam SP [2 items] -- Oral history interview

Manuscript: Correspondence [14 items] -- Handwritten document

Manuscript: Memoirs [1 item] -- Typewritten document

Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [2 items] -- Typewritten document

Manuscript: Regimental/unit histories [1 item] -- Typewritten document

Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Typewritten document

Photograph: Photocopy of photographic print [135 items] -- Photographs

Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] -- Typewritten document

Manuscript: Maps [1 item] -- Typewritten document

Manuscript: Memoirs [3 items] -- Typewritten document

Interviewer:

Sandra Daugherty

Interviewer:

Jim Buckley

Interviewer:

Susanne Carsten

Contributor:

Sandra Daugherty

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

Association of the United States Army (AUSA)

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/41576

Subjects:

Drennan, James Henry

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal Narratives

United States. Army.

Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal Narratives

United States. Army.

Cite as:

James Henry Drennan Collection
(AFC/2001/001/41576), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress