About
World War II (1939-1945)
Renne Burrell Speanburg was born in Schenectady, New York, on October 26, 1916. He was born in Schenectady but raised in Schaghticoke, New York, where he graduated from Schaghticoke High School. In 1940, he returned to the city of Schenectady to work for the American Locomotive Company.
In January 1941, Renne enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps. He was a second lieutenant assigned to Morris Field in Charlotte, North Carolina. Renne was killed in the crash of a light bomber on a training flight from Morris Field on December 28, 1943; he couldn't land due to dense fog over the field. He is buried in the West Charlton Cemetery in Saratoga County, New York.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry