MILITARY PERSONNEL

Frank Jack Fletcher

1885 - 1973

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Jack Fletcher has received more than 799,532 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Jack Fletcher is the 791st most popular military personnel (down from 698th in 2019), the 2,298th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,113th in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Frank Jack Fletcher ranks 791 out of 2,058. Before him are Saitō Dōsan, Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Sanada Masayuki, François Étienne de Kellermann, Shibata Katsuie, and Jean Maximilien Lamarque. After him are Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha, Jahangir Mirza, Iona Yakir, Dietrich von Saucken, Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz, and Helmuth von Pannwitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Frank Jack Fletcher ranks 79. Before him are Agustín Barrios, Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein, John Edensor Littlewood, St John Philby, Camille Chautemps, and Dora Pejačević. After him are Harlow Shapley, Jacques Feyder, Bess Truman, Platt Adams, Friedrich Kellner, and Noman Çelebicihan. Among people deceased in 1973, Frank Jack Fletcher ranks 86. Before him are Shirali Muslimov, Alexander Orlov, Ben Webster, Monika Ertl, Jack Hawkins, and Gian Francesco Malipiero. After him are Nikos Zachariadis, Hans Globke, P. Ramlee, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Roger Williamson, and Lorenzo Fernández.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Jack Fletcher ranks 2,298 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul P. Harris (1868), Stella Adler (1901), Paul Sorvino (1939), Lee Grant (1927), Diana Nyad (1949), and Treat Williams (1951). After him are Stephen Crane (1871), John Phillips (1935), Rick Riordan (1964), Harlow Shapley (1885), Holly Hunter (1958), and Lionel Barrymore (1878).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Frank Jack Fletcher ranks 34. Before him are Abner Doubleday (1819), James Bowie (1796), Wild Bill Hickok (1837), George B. McClellan (1826), Doc Holliday (1851), and Joseph E. Johnston (1807). After him are Henry H. Arnold (1886), Alexander Haig (1924), David Farragut (1801), P. G. T. Beauregard (1818), Joseph Stilwell (1883), and Matthew Ridgway (1895).

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