William I. Brennan
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Age: 36
From: Bethlehem, Conn.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Wheeler Army Air Field, Hawaii
Incident: Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 William I. Brennan was killed Oct. 16 when his OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter apparently collided with another OH-58D helicopter and crashed in Baghdad. Also
Died: October 16, 2004
Helicopter pilot from Bethlehem killed in Iraq
Associated Press
WOODBURY, Conn. — From the time William Brennan was a boy, he wanted nothing more than to fly.
He got his dream as pilot of an Army helicopter. He died in the cockpit, when his helicopter went down Saturday over Baghdad.
His brothers and sisters Monday remembered Brennan as an outgoing, friendly, somewhat wacky guy who was proud of his Army service.
“He was very adamant that he was doing the right thing,” said his sister-in-law, T.J. Brennan.
Chief Warrant Officer William Brennan, 36, who sometimes went as “Will,” was the youngest of seven children born to a Bethlehem family that is well-known in the area for running the Curtis House, a Colonial-era inn and restaurant in nearby Woodbury.
He leaves behind his wife, Kathy, with whom he served in the Army in Bosnia, and two daughters, 4-year-old Katelin and 2-year-old Cassidy. They live in...