Fletcher W. Ballavance
Era: World War II
Military Branch: Army
Fletcher W. Ballavance
Mr. Ballavance inducted into the Army in October 1943, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Home at entry: Eveleth, Minnesota.
He served as a Technician Fifth Grade and a searchlight crewman with the 236th Antiaircraft Searchlight Battalion in the Pacific Theater.
He received the following: Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal.
Mr. Ballavance was honorably discharged on February 5, 1946, at Fort Logan, Colorado.
Source: Hometown Heroes: The Saint Louis County World War II Project, page 31.
