Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Greenfield, Iowa
Honored By
Christopher Eagan, Rick Eagan and family
BRYAN EAGAN SERVED HIS COUNTRY PROUDLY FOR 26 YEARS. ENTERING THE NAVY IN 1941 HE SERVED AS AN ENLISTED AIR CREWMAN IN A PATROL SQUADRON IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE WAR. HE APPLIED FOR FLIGHT TRAINING AND WAS COMMISSIONED AND EARNED HIS WINGS OF GOLD IN 1945. SOON AFTER HIS COMMISSIONING HE TRAINED AS A HELICOPTER PILOT. HE RETIRED FROM THE NAVAL SERVICE IN 1967.