Frank Jack Fletcher
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United States Navy admiral, Medal of Honor recipient
Key facts
- Nickname
- Black Jack
- Born
- ( 1885-04-29 ) April 29, 1885, Marshalltown, Iowa , US
- Died
- April 25, 1973 (1973-04-25) (aged 87), Bethesda, Maryland , US
- Place of burial
- Arlington National Cemetery
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch
- United States Navy
- Service years
- 1906–1947
- Rank
- Admiral
- Conflicts
- Philippine–American War Banana Wars Occupation of Veracruz World War I Battle of the Atlantic World War II Battle of the Coral Sea Battle of Midway Guadalcanal campaign Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu-Tanambogo Battle of the Eastern Solomons Japan campaign
- Awards
- Medal of Honor Navy Cross Navy Distinguished Service Medal Army Distinguished Service Medal Purple Heart
- Relations
- Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher (uncle)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Frank
- Family name
- Fletcher
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Marshalltown
- Place of death
- Bethesda
- Occupation
- military officer
- Educated at
- United States Army War College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Navy Cross
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- United States Navy
- Military rank
- admiral
- Image
- Frank Jack Fletcher-g14193.jpg
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- Commons category
- Frank Jack Fletcher
- date of birth
- 1885-04-29
- date of death
- 1973-04-25
- place of burial
- Arlington National Cemetery
- start of work period
- 1906-00-00
- name in native language
- Frank Jack Fletcher
- end of work period
- 1947-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Frank Jack Fletcher (April 29, 1885 – April 25, 1973) was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War II. Fletcher commanded five different task forces through the war; he was the operational task force commander at the pivotal battles of the Coral Sea and Midway, which collectively resulted in the sinking of five Japanese aircraft carriers.
In 1914, then Lieutenant Fletcher was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the battle at Veracruz. He was the nephew of Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher, who was also awarded the Medal of Honor for actions at Veracruz.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Frank Jack Fletcher” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.