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Personal info

Full name
FORTENER, Robert F
Date of birth
24 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Ottoville, Putnam County, Ohio
Hometown
Ottoville, Putnam County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35295826
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
7th Armored Infantry Battalion,
8th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 April 1945
Place of death
Near Unna, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 6 19

Immediate family

Members
Robert E. Fortener (father)
Regina Fortener (mother)
Helen Fortener (sister)
Karen Fortener (sister)
John Fortener (brother)
Elmer Fortener (brother)
Frances Fortener (sister)
Eugene Schmitt (half brother)

More information

Pfc Robert F. Fortener graduated from Ottoville High School with the class of 1943 before he enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 17 November 1943 and was sent overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Frani Fortener Wurst (sister), www,wwiimemorial.com, Basher82, www.newspapers.com - Delphos Daily Herald, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: Basher82