Robert Herman BRANNON

1926 - 1944  (18 years)

• Name	Robert Herman BRANNON
  Born	10 Feb 1926	Fairmont, Marion Co, WV   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military	(ENLISTED 4/26/1944)  [1, 2, 3]
  	Pvt, US Army, World War II
  Census	1930, 1940	Fairmont, Marion Co, WV
  Died	4 Sep 1944	Washington, DC   [1, 2]
  	Cause: military training accident
  Buried	Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV   [1, 4]
  Notes	Immediately upon graduation from Fairmont West High School, he enlisted in the U.S. Army to serve in World War II. While on maneuvers at Fort Meade, Maryland, he received severe shrapnel wounds. He was taken to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, DC, where he died two weeks later. [1]
  Person ID	I13882	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Claude Herman BRANNON,   b. 20 Apr 1898,   d. 2 Jan 1963  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Winna Fern REED,   b. 21 Mar 1892, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV ,   d. 30 May 1960, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV  (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F3703	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S300] . [S5] Headstone. [S2512] U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration). [S934] Findagrave.com.