WWII

Robert Gilmore Fortner

Rate / Rank
Private

Birthdate
July 10 1926

Date of Death
February 1 1977

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
May 26 1945 - August 15 1946

Significant Duty Stations

Inducted; Fort Benning, Georgia.
Battery C, 351st Field Artillery Battalion
Discharged; Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Decorations & Citations

World War II Victory Medal
Army Occupation Medal

Notes

US Army service number 44-148-926. Born; Chicago, Illinois. After the war, he returned to school and graduated from Washington High School, Cairo, Georgia. He attended Thomas Tech. Burial; Crestview Cemetery. Grady County, Georgia.