Charles Woodin Bretland
Graduating
Class of 1942
Served in
World War II
Lieutenant
Charles Woodin Bretland
Navy
USS Enterprise
Hometown
Montclair, NJ
Date of Birth
Location of Death
Manila, Philippines
Date of Death
Location of Burial
Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, National Capital Region, Philippines
More About Lieutenant Bretland
Lieutenant Bretland was the pilot of a Grumman Avenger and is credited with sinking a Japanese naval tanker.
Lt. Bretland was lost after a mission over Manila Bay when his plane became caught in a hurricane on the return flight. He is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in Manila, Philippines.