Fechteler, Frank, LT

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Lieutenant

Last Primary NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot

Primary Unit
1922-1922, USS Langley (CV-1)

Service Years
1917 - 1922

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Personal Details

Home State

California

Year of Birth
1897

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Contact Info

Last Address Unknown
Date of Passing Sep 18, 1922

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Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

While preparing to compete in the Pulitzer Trophy Race of 1922, Lieutenant Fechteler was killed in an airplane crash near Detroit 18 September 1922.

Other Comments:

His father: Fechteler, Augustus, RADM

His brother: Fechteler, William, ADM 13th CNO

1922-1922, USS Langley (CV-1)

From Month/Year - / 1922	To Month/Year - / 1922
Unit USS Langley (CV-1) Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant	NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS Langley (CV-1) Details
	Hull number CV-1
	Type Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Langley-class	Strength Aircraft Carrier
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Dec 24, 2008

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5 Members Also There at Same Time

USS Langley (CV-1)

Whiting, Kenneth, CAPT, (1905-1943)		Commander
Chevalier, Godfrey DeCourcelles, LCDR, (1910-1922)		Lieutenant Commander
Wilson, George Barry, RADM, (1914-1946)		Lieutenant
Pride, Alfred Melville, ADM, (1917-1959)	OFF	Lieutenant
Haviland, Willis Bradley, CDR, (1907-1944)		Lieutenant