Julian T. Brennan
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Age: 25
From: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Julian T. Brennan died Jan. 24 while supporting combat operations in Farah province, Afghanistan.
Died: January 24, 2009
Lejeune Marine dies in Afghanistan
Staff report
A North Carolina-based Marine died Saturday after a roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan’s Farah province, according to reports.
Lance Cpl. Julian T. Brennan, 25, was known as “Jules†to his family and friends, according to a report in the New York Daily News. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Brennan was a machine gunner assigned to Camp Lejeune’s 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, the Corps said in a news release.
He aspired to be in show business, the newspaper reported.
Brennan was a “real swell kid, a very good-looking boy who was the darling of the girls,†family friend Charles Marahan told the Daily News. “Jules was made for the stage and the movies. You either have it or you don’t, and he had it.â€
Brennan earned an associate’s degree from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan and worked on the...