In government service, he was the Director of the Civilian Conservation Corps which was established by President Franklin Roosevelt to complete public works and to give people work during the Depression. 

He died at Washington, D.C. on December 31, 1939 and was buried in Section 22 of Arlington National Cemetery.

FECHNER, ROBERT
PVT CO C 2ND GEORGIA VOL INF USA
VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
DATE OF DEATH: 12/31/1939
DATE OF INTERMENT: 01/02/1940
BURIED AT: SECTION SOAN  SITE 15540-C
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY