USS Fletcher Reunion Group Reunions
Reunion locations
1971 - Pocono Mountains, PA
1972 - Point Comfort, VA
1973 - Nashville, TN
1974 - Chicago, IL
1975 - Charleston, SC
1976 - Point Comfort, VA
1977 - Alexandria, VA
1978 - St. Louis, MO
1979 - San Diego, CA
1980 - Biloxi, MS
1981 - Kansas City, MO
1982 - Jacksonville Beach, FL
1983 - Reno, NV
1984 - Nashville, TN
1985 - Alexandria, VA
1986 - Portland, OR
1987 - Charleston, SC
1988 - San Antonio, TX
1989 - Sacramento, CA
1990 - Minneapolis, MN
1991 - Baton Rouge, LA
1992 - Norfolk, VA
1993 - Seattle, WA
1994 - Dayton, OH
1995 - Philadelphia, PA
1996 - San Diego, CA
1997 - Mobile, AL
1998 - Colorado Springs, CO
1999 - Jacksonville Beach, FL
2000 - Davenport, IA
2001 - Virginia Beach, VA
2002 - San Antonio, TX
2003 - Great Falls, MT
2004 - Madison, WI
2005 - New London, CT
2006 - Carson City, NV
2007 - Oklahoma City, OK
2008 - Ft. Mitchell, KY
2009 - Rapid City, SD
2010 - Pocono Mountains, PA
2011 - Waterloo, IA
2012 - Boston, MA
2013 - West Coast?
The USS Fletcher Reunion Group was founded in 1971 by Dr. Ray V. Allen, a former engineering yeoman and a Fletcher plank owner. The Group was conceived in Boston in the summer of 1970 when Dr. Allen attended a League of Naval Destroyers Reunion. It was there he met other former Fletcher men in the first unofficial Fletcher reunion and the idea of holding annual reunions was born. The first official USS Fletcher Reunion was held in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania the following year. After World War Two Mr. Allen returned home to West Virginia where he made a successful career in dentistry. He passed away in 1993. Dr. Allen’s wife, Lil, remains active as the Reunion Group’s matriarch.
Photos: Dr. Ray Allen in 1992 and Lil Allen in 2004.
Reunion Group Officers
Eli Bourgeois - Commodore - Metairie, LA
John Rust - Vice Commodore - Loveland, CO
Shaun Murphy - Vice Commodore DD-992 - Mattapoisett, MA
Buck Locke - Secretary - Winchester, MA
R C Kingsbury - Treasurer - Newburyport, MA
Melvyn Gentry - Asst. Vice Commodore East - Pekin, IL
Jerry Gardner - Asst. Vice Commodore West - Eden Prairie, MN
Debbie Rust - Corresponding Secretary - Albany, NY
Earl Faubion - Historian & Webmaster - Oklahoma City, OK
Kelly O’Brien - Assistant Historian - Phenix City, AL
Reunion photos link