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FLETCHER, Robert Howe was born on August 17, 1884 in San Diego, California, United States. Son of Captain Robert Howe and Octavia Shreve (Miller) Fletcher.
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Robert Howe FLETCHER, American Major, United States Army. Member: Beta Theta Pi; Alumni Association, University of California; Association of Graduates, United States Military Academy; Order of Indian Wars; American Historical. Society Clubs: Army and Navy (Washington, District of Columbia), Chevy Chase (Chevy Chase, Maryland). Real de la Puerta de Hierro (Madrid), Centro del Ejercito y de la Armada (Madrid): British-American (Madrid).
Education
Grammar and High Schools, San Francisco. California; University of California, 1903-1904. United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1908.
School of Musketry, 1909. Infantry. School, Advanced Course, 1924. Command and General Staff School, 1925.
Career
Virginia. Second Lieutenant, Infantry., 1908. First Lieutenant, 1914. Captain, 1917; Major (temporary) South Carolina (Aviation), 1917.
Lieutenant Colonel (temporary), 1918. Major, Infantry., 1920. Served in United States, Eighth Infantry., 1908-1912, Philippine Islands, 1912-1915.
Sixth Infantry. on Mexico Border, 1915-1916, Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916-1917. White House Aide, January-October 1917. Aviation Section, South Carolina, 1917-1918.
General Staff, eleventh Division., 1918-1919. General Staff, Historical. Section, War Plans Division. and Army War College, 1919-1923.
Membership
Member: Beta Theta Pi. Alumni Association, University of California. Association of Graduates, United States Military Academy.
Order of Indian Wars. American Historical. Society Clubs: Army and Navy (Washington, District of Columbia), Chevy Chase (Chevy Chase, Maryland). Real de la Puerta de Hierro (Madrid), Centro del Ejercito y de la Armada (Madrid): British-American (Madrid).
Connections
Spouse Lorraine Annette Murphy, September 17, 1919, Charleston, W.
