The Fortenberry surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,589 people carried this name — #5,285 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 44,800 people counted. That is up 4% from 6,330 in 2000.

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In print

Fortenberry in American newspapers,
1915–1930.

Newspaper page from The Bismarck Tribune carrying the name Fortenberry
The Bismarck Tribune 1930-02-27
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Fortenberry
Evening Star 1915-11-01
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Fortenberry
The Birmingham Age-herald 1916-06-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,594 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Fortenberry,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joe Fortenberry
    Joe Fortenberry 1911–1993 · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Fortenberry,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States252 records

252 records of the Fortenberry name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 210
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 35
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Joe T. Fortenberry

    Born 1926 in Texas. Enlisted 1944 at Houston; farmer from Tyler County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 2000, buried at Plgrims Rest Cemetery, Woodville, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Richard Fortenberry

    Born 1946; from Friona, Texas. U.S. Army, procurement sergeant; died in an accident 1970 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Ray Winford Fortenberry

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 1979; buried at Biloxi National Cemetery, Mississippi.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 252 records for Fortenberry in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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