The Pierre-Fort Pierre Exchange Club is posting flags across the Missouri River bridge between Pierre and Fort Pierre Wednesday (July 31, 2024) to honor a soldier from South Dakota killed during WWII.
The remains of 22 year old U.S. Army Corporal Robert A. Bartlett are scheduled to arrive at a funeral chapel in Pierre today. His body was accounted for in May (May 20, 2024).
Funeral services for Bartlett will be Aug. 10, 2024, at 1pm CT at the Blunt Methodist Church in Blunt. Overflow seating will be available at the school gymnasium, where the service will be live streamed. Following the service, Bartlett will be laid to rest with full military honors at Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
Learn more about Bartlett in his obituary from the Isburg Funeral Chapel.
