BRESLIN, Pfc. Francis J.
BRESLIN, WILDER, HANSEN
Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 3/14/2013 at 06:37:11
The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Wednesday, April 14, 1943, Page 4Clear Lake Briefs
Mrs. Frank Wilder has received word from her cousin, Pvt. Francis Breslin, formerly of Clear Lake, stating that he is well and getting along fine. He is now in North Africa. Pvt. Breslin left for active service last year with the national guard from Mason City. His father, James Breslin, lives at Doughterty.
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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Tuesday, July 01, 1944, Page 10MISSING IN ACTION
Pvt. Francis Breslin, 25, who left Mason City in the first group of Company F, Iowa National guards, is missing in action according to word received by his mother’s cousin, Mrs. Frank Wilder, 710 Oak street, Clear Lake, with whom he made his home. No particulars were learned.
The message came through the Red Cross.
Pvt. Breslin’s father, James Breslin, is employed on a farm near Mason City and his mother is Mrs. Walter Hansen, Walla Walla, Wash.
Mrs. Wilder has learned that Pvt. Breslin had been wounded twice, the last on June 4 when he suffered broken legs and shrapnel wounds which confined him to the hospital many weeks. She had not heard from him in several weeks and had rather expected he would be sent home.
Pvt. Breslin has a number of relatives living near Dougherty.
NOTE: According to the Globe Gazette, Monday, July 01, 1946, Private Breslin was still missing in action at the end of the war.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, March of 2013
Cerro Gordo Obituaries maintained by Lynn Diemer-Mathews.
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