MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) – 59 years after dying in Vietnam, Frederick Brenke was awarded a diploma from Saint Peter High School for his service in the U.S. Marine Corps on Wednesday, Nov. 11.
Brenke is one of the first Minnesota veterans to receive a diploma under a new law that went into effect on Aug. 1, that will allow veterans of the Vietnam War or Korean War, who dropped out to serve in the military to be issued a high school diploma upon request.
A member of the Saint Peter High Schools Class of 1967, Brenke dropped out in September, 1966 to continue a long family history of military service…