CORPORAL ROBERT J. FOURNIER, 21079632 KIA

CORPORAL ROBERT J. FOURNIER, 21079632 KIA US Army, Corporal Fournier graduated from Haverhill High School in 1937 and was then employed by Little’s, Stationers. Prior to enlisting in the Army in June, 1942, he was employed by the Stein-Sulkis Shoe Corp. He received his initial processing at Fort Devens, Mass., and was then assigned to Camp Gruber, Oklahoma, and later Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He shipped overseas in December, 1943, landing in North Africa. From there he was sent to Italy where he joined Company D, 349th Infantry Regt., 88th Infantry Division. . After an initial assignment in a rifle company he was transferred to a heavy weapons company as an instrument corporal in a machine gun platoon. He participated in the fighting at the Anzio Beachhead and then in the pursuit of the retreating German forces. On May 21, 1944, he was struck by a mortar shell in the fighting in the vicinity of Foncli, Italy, and killed instantly. He leaves five sisters and four brothers.

1- Haverhill Massachusetts – Haverhill  in World War Two