Arthur Robert Fichtner
Era: World War II
Military Branch: Army
FICHTNER, Arthur Robert
Arthur Robert Fichtner was born on June 22nd 1922 to Arthur Oscar & Clara M. [Ario] Fichtner in Duluth, Minnesota.
Mr. Fichtner served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. He enlisted on January 31st 1943 at Jefferson Barracks Missouri. He was trained in radio communications at Scott Field, Illinois, in 1944. He rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant (SSGT).
SGT Fichtner was honorably discharged on February 7th 1946. After the war he returned home and married Inger Marie [Pederson].on April 30th 1944 and they started a family.
Mr. Fichtner died on July 22nd 2000 at 78 years of age. He is buried at Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Union Grove, Wisconsin.
Source(s):
Albert J. Amatuzio Research Center | Veterans Memorial Hall (vets-hall.org)
Arthur R Fichtner: PERSON, pictures and information - Fold3 - Fold3
Arthur Robert Fichtner (1922-2000) - Find a Grave Memorial
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 - Ancestry.com
"Service Stripes," Duluth News Tribune, March 12, 1944 (see below)
“Graduating from army air force training schools this week were Pfc. Arthur R. Fichtner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur O. Fichtner, route 1, box 756, Duluth, from radio school at Scott Field, Ill. . . . ”
