Fortner, John P.
Army 2nd lieutenant

John P. Fortner, age 23, from Gibson County Princeton, Indiana .

Parents: Elliott Fortner

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Friday, June 16, 1944
Death details: Killed when his plane crashed into Big Lake near Omaha, Nebraska. The plane was on a routine flight from the Lincoln, Nebraska, Army Air Base.
Cemetery: Maple Hill in Princeton

Source: National Archives, grave marker, Princeton Daily Clarion, Hutchinson News Herald (1944), Associated Press (1944)