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Ronald (Ron) James Reau was born on 26 March 1962 in Ludington, Mason, Michigan.^2,3 He died on 15 July 1979, at age 17, in Pere Marquette, Mason, Michigan.^2,3

Margaret K. McLaughlin was born about 1886 in Franklin, Sussex, New Jersey.¹ She and Charles G. Snover were married about 1908.³ She died after 13 April 1940.³

Charles Raymond Snover was born on 26 November 1916 in New Jersey.^1,2,3 He died on 29 March 1986, at age 69, in Stanton, Orange, California.^2,3

Charles Raymond Snover was an Apprentice Machinist.⁴

Sherman Halton Fletcher was born on 26 March 1899 in Massachusetts.^1,2,3 He and Marguerite Snover were married about 1923.² He died on 15 August 1977, at age 78, in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama.^1,3

U.S. Army-WWll.

Arthur Leslie Fletcher was born about 1925 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.^1,2 He died on 15 April 1945 in Esheneau, Germany.¹ He was buried in White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Oakland, Michigan.

Third highest combat award, the Silver Star, has been awarded to 13 fighting men from the Detroit area, postwar announcements from overseas revealed Saturday.

Four of the awards were made to men who lost their lives in the line of duty.

Three local men were listed for other decorations.

Posthumous award of the Silver Star was made to Private Arthur L. Fletcher, son of Mrs. Margarette (should be Marguerite) Wells, 5300 Cadillac Avenue. He was 20 when he lost his life. He was given the Silver Star for drawing enemy fire in order to expose a German position

Another write up on Arthur was in a letter date 11 August 1945

Pfc. Arthur L. Fletcher, Infantry

(Killed in Action)
Silver Star

"For gallantry in action on 15 April 1945, in the vicinity of Escheneau, Germany. After his patrol leader had been killed while reconnoitering an enemy road block Private Fletcher, a rifleman, volunteered to lead a second patrol to the site and disperse the enemy resistance. Pfc. Fletcher skillfully led the patrol to the road block and then deliberately crawled around the obstruction to draw fire on the left flank while the other memebers of the patrol assaulted the position from the burst of machine gun fire. The remainder of the patrol thereupon assaulted the position and killed the three German defenders. As a result of his gallantry, his unit was eneabled to move past an obstruction which may have cost many lives.

City of Detroit Named a Ballfield after Arthur Leslie Fletcher.

William Sherman Halton Fletcher was born on 22 October 1928 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.¹ He died on 11 November 2019, at age 91, in Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan.

US Marine Corps. William Sherman Halton Fletcher was a Printer- Morgan Process Company.²

Ida May Van Vechten was born on 26 April 1888 in New York.^1,2,3 She and Clayton Halsey Snover were married on 11 February 1911.^4,2 She died on 25 May 1955, at age 67.^2,3 She was buried in Randolph Cemetery, Randolph, Cattaraugus, New York.³