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Personal info

Full name
FORTUNE, George Halsey
Date of birth
28 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Lake Placid, Essex County, New York
Hometown
Lake Placid, Essex County, New York

Military service

Service number
32943652
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
Neustadt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 16 44

Immediate family

Members
Frederick J. Fortune (father)
Eleanor D. Fortune (mother)
Frederick Fortune (brother)
Katherine D. Fortune (sister)
Eleanor M. Fortune (sister)
Betty J. Fortune (sister)
Patricia Fortune (sister)

More information

S/Sgt George H. Fortune attended high school for four years before he enlisted in Utica, New York on 27 August 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
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