Frank Friday Fletcher
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Died when: 73 years 5 days (876 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Frank Friday Fletcher (November 23, 1855 – November 28, 1928) was a United States Navy admiral who served in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
He was awarded the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions as commander of navy forces at the Battle of Veracruz, Mexico.
The Fletcher-class destroyer, the most produced class of United States Navy destroyers, was named after him.He was also the uncle of Frank Jack Fletcher, another U.S.
Navy Admiral who also received the Medal of Honor for actions at Veracruz, and who commanded U.S. naval forces at the battles of Coral Sea and Midway during the Second World War.
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