Marjorie was linked as his spouse prior to my taking over management so I will leave this as it was since she certainly would have been his wife had he lived. Their love was true. His father's Fluitt side, his mother's Lucky side and his paternal grandmother's Pewitt side had deep roots in Monticello, Arkansas. He and Marjorie may have met for the first time when his family returned to Monticello for his mother's funeral or they may have re-kindled a friendship. More research is required.
1930 US census (on April 21) - 215 Kirby Road, Gross Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan: Albert Fluitt 36 AR TN TN head of house (Chief of Police - Village) (age 23 at first marriage - same for both), Edith Fluitt 35 AR TN TX wife of head, Albert Fluitt 12 MI AR AR son, Rowland Fluitt 10 MI AR AR son, Lavern Fluitt 9 MI AR AR son, Louis Fluitt 7 MI AR AR son, Robert Fluitt 5 MI AR AR son, Ralph Fluitt 3 MI AR AR son. (names as they are in the database)
1940 US census (on April 8) 215 Kirby Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan: Albert O Fluitt 47 AR head of house (City Police), Edith M Fluitt 46 AR wife of head, Albert O Fluitt 22 MI single son, Rolin Eugene Fluitt 20 MI single son, Laum C Fluitt 19 MI single son, Louis Henry Fluitt 16 MI single son, Robert Keith Fluitt 15 MI son, Ralph Lucy Fluitt 12 MI son, Jane Rosalie Fluitt 8 MI daughter. (names as they are in the database)
16 Feb 1942 - Wayne County Local Board No. 57 REGISTRATION CARD (Men born on or after February 17, 1897 and on or before December 31, 1921) (Name) Clifford LaVerne Fluitt, (Residence) 343 Kerby Rd., Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne, Mich. (Age) 21, (Date of Birth) 9-12-1920, (Place of Birth) Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. (Name and Address of Person Who Will Always Know Your Address) Albert O. Fluitt Sr., 343 Kerby Rd., Gr. Pt. Farms, Mich., (Employer) Briggs Mfg. Co., 11631 Mack, Detroit, Wayne, Mich. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT: (HEIGHT) 5ft 11 inches, (WEIGHT) 154 pounds, (EYES) Blue, (COMPLEXION) Dark.
DEATH OF HIS MOTHER - Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) Tuesday 27 July 1943; Page 2, Column 4: "Mrs. Edith M. Fluitt - Services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Verheyden Funeral Home, 16300 Mack, for Mrs. Edith M. Fluitt, 49 years old, wife of Chief of Police Albert O. Fluitt, of Grosse Pointe Farms. Burial will be at Monticello, Ark. Mrs. Fluitt died early Monday at her home, 343 Kirby, after a long illness. -- Surviving besides her husband are six sons, Lieut. Albert O., Jr., Army Signal Corps; Lieut. Eugene, Army Air Forces; Clifford, naval air cadet; Pfc. Lewis H., Marines; Robert K., Army air cadet, and Ralph, at home, and a daughter, Jane."
28 Feb 1945 - Air Group 47 reported aboard the U.S.S. Bataan.
7 Apr 1945 BATTLE OF THE EAST CHINA SEA: "The Bataan's contribution: 4 torpedo hits on the YAMATO; one bomb hit on a light cruiser; bomb hits on 2 destroyers. As a result of these and hits by other groups, the YAMATO and the cruiser sank..."
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS - Earned for service with Torpedo Squadron 47 attached to U.S.S. Bataan in the vicinity of Kyushu and the Mamsei Shoto from March 18 to May 13, 1945.
24 May 1945 - "Air Group 47 makes its last flight over Kyushu, with a sweep over Kushira Airfield."
29 to 31 May 1945 - "The Okinawa Campaign is over for the BATAAN, all 80 days of it. We're underway for Leyte Gulf, in the Philippines."
29 Aug 1945 Statesman Journal, Salem Oregon; front page, column 2: "Clifford L. Fluitt Missing in Action -- WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 - Lt. (jg) Clifford LaVerne Fluitt, USNR, son of Albert Otto Fluitt, sr., of 710 S. 11th st., Corvallis, was listed as missing today by the navy department."
This is a work in progress.
1930 US census (on April 21) - 215 Kirby Road, Gross Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan: Albert Fluitt 36 AR TN TN head of house (Chief of Police - Village) (age 23 at first marriage - same for both), Edith Fluitt 35 AR TN TX wife of head, Albert Fluitt 12 MI AR AR son, Rowland Fluitt 10 MI AR AR son, Lavern Fluitt 9 MI AR AR son, Louis Fluitt 7 MI AR AR son, Robert Fluitt 5 MI AR AR son, Ralph Fluitt 3 MI AR AR son. (names as they are in the database)
1940 US census (on April 8) 215 Kirby Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan: Albert O Fluitt 47 AR head of house (City Police), Edith M Fluitt 46 AR wife of head, Albert O Fluitt 22 MI single son, Rolin Eugene Fluitt 20 MI single son, Laum C Fluitt 19 MI single son, Louis Henry Fluitt 16 MI single son, Robert Keith Fluitt 15 MI son, Ralph Lucy Fluitt 12 MI son, Jane Rosalie Fluitt 8 MI daughter. (names as they are in the database)
16 Feb 1942 - Wayne County Local Board No. 57 REGISTRATION CARD (Men born on or after February 17, 1897 and on or before December 31, 1921) (Name) Clifford LaVerne Fluitt, (Residence) 343 Kerby Rd., Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne, Mich. (Age) 21, (Date of Birth) 9-12-1920, (Place of Birth) Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. (Name and Address of Person Who Will Always Know Your Address) Albert O. Fluitt Sr., 343 Kerby Rd., Gr. Pt. Farms, Mich., (Employer) Briggs Mfg. Co., 11631 Mack, Detroit, Wayne, Mich. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT: (HEIGHT) 5ft 11 inches, (WEIGHT) 154 pounds, (EYES) Blue, (COMPLEXION) Dark.
DEATH OF HIS MOTHER - Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) Tuesday 27 July 1943; Page 2, Column 4: "Mrs. Edith M. Fluitt - Services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Verheyden Funeral Home, 16300 Mack, for Mrs. Edith M. Fluitt, 49 years old, wife of Chief of Police Albert O. Fluitt, of Grosse Pointe Farms. Burial will be at Monticello, Ark. Mrs. Fluitt died early Monday at her home, 343 Kirby, after a long illness. -- Surviving besides her husband are six sons, Lieut. Albert O., Jr., Army Signal Corps; Lieut. Eugene, Army Air Forces; Clifford, naval air cadet; Pfc. Lewis H., Marines; Robert K., Army air cadet, and Ralph, at home, and a daughter, Jane."
28 Feb 1945 - Air Group 47 reported aboard the U.S.S. Bataan.
7 Apr 1945 BATTLE OF THE EAST CHINA SEA: "The Bataan's contribution: 4 torpedo hits on the YAMATO; one bomb hit on a light cruiser; bomb hits on 2 destroyers. As a result of these and hits by other groups, the YAMATO and the cruiser sank..."
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS - Earned for service with Torpedo Squadron 47 attached to U.S.S. Bataan in the vicinity of Kyushu and the Mamsei Shoto from March 18 to May 13, 1945.
24 May 1945 - "Air Group 47 makes its last flight over Kyushu, with a sweep over Kushira Airfield."
29 to 31 May 1945 - "The Okinawa Campaign is over for the BATAAN, all 80 days of it. We're underway for Leyte Gulf, in the Philippines."
29 Aug 1945 Statesman Journal, Salem Oregon; front page, column 2: "Clifford L. Fluitt Missing in Action -- WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 - Lt. (jg) Clifford LaVerne Fluitt, USNR, son of Albert Otto Fluitt, sr., of 710 S. 11th st., Corvallis, was listed as missing today by the navy department."
This is a work in progress.
Marjorie was linked as his spouse prior to my taking over management so I will leave this as it was since she certainly would have been his wife had he lived. Their love was true. His father's Fluitt side, his mother's Lucky side and his paternal grandmother's Pewitt side had deep roots in Monticello, Arkansas. He and Marjorie may have met for the first time when his family returned to Monticello for his mother's funeral or they may have re-kindled a friendship. More research is required.
1930 US census (on April 21) - 215 Kirby Road, Gross Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan: Albert Fluitt 36 AR TN TN head of house (Chief of Police - Village) (age 23 at first marriage - same for both), Edith Fluitt 35 AR TN TX wife of head, Albert Fluitt 12 MI AR AR son, Rowland Fluitt 10 MI AR AR son, Lavern Fluitt 9 MI AR AR son, Louis Fluitt 7 MI AR AR son, Robert Fluitt 5 MI AR AR son, Ralph Fluitt 3 MI AR AR son. (names as they are in the database)
1940 US census (on April 8) 215 Kirby Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan: Albert O Fluitt 47 AR head of house (City Police), Edith M Fluitt 46 AR wife of head, Albert O Fluitt 22 MI single son, Rolin Eugene Fluitt 20 MI single son, Laum C Fluitt 19 MI single son, Louis Henry Fluitt 16 MI single son, Robert Keith Fluitt 15 MI son, Ralph Lucy Fluitt 12 MI son, Jane Rosalie Fluitt 8 MI daughter. (names as they are in the database)
16 Feb 1942 - Wayne County Local Board No. 57 REGISTRATION CARD (Men born on or after February 17, 1897 and on or before December 31, 1921) (Name) Clifford LaVerne Fluitt, (Residence) 343 Kerby Rd., Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne, Mich. (Age) 21, (Date of Birth) 9-12-1920, (Place of Birth) Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. (Name and Address of Person Who Will Always Know Your Address) Albert O. Fluitt Sr., 343 Kerby Rd., Gr. Pt. Farms, Mich., (Employer) Briggs Mfg. Co., 11631 Mack, Detroit, Wayne, Mich. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT: (HEIGHT) 5ft 11 inches, (WEIGHT) 154 pounds, (EYES) Blue, (COMPLEXION) Dark.
DEATH OF HIS MOTHER - Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) Tuesday 27 July 1943; Page 2, Column 4: "Mrs. Edith M. Fluitt - Services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Verheyden Funeral Home, 16300 Mack, for Mrs. Edith M. Fluitt, 49 years old, wife of Chief of Police Albert O. Fluitt, of Grosse Pointe Farms. Burial will be at Monticello, Ark. Mrs. Fluitt died early Monday at her home, 343 Kirby, after a long illness. -- Surviving besides her husband are six sons, Lieut. Albert O., Jr., Army Signal Corps; Lieut. Eugene, Army Air Forces; Clifford, naval air cadet; Pfc. Lewis H., Marines; Robert K., Army air cadet, and Ralph, at home, and a daughter, Jane."
28 Feb 1945 - Air Group 47 reported aboard the U.S.S. Bataan.
7 Apr 1945 BATTLE OF THE EAST CHINA SEA: "The Bataan's contribution: 4 torpedo hits on the YAMATO; one bomb hit on a light cruiser; bomb hits on 2 destroyers. As a result of these and hits by other groups, the YAMATO and the cruiser sank..."
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS - Earned for service with Torpedo Squadron 47 attached to U.S.S. Bataan in the vicinity of Kyushu and the Mamsei Shoto from March 18 to May 13, 1945.
24 May 1945 - "Air Group 47 makes its last flight over Kyushu, with a sweep over Kushira Airfield."
29 to 31 May 1945 - "The Okinawa Campaign is over for the BATAAN, all 80 days of it. We're underway for Leyte Gulf, in the Philippines."
29 Aug 1945 Statesman Journal, Salem Oregon; front page, column 2: "Clifford L. Fluitt Missing in Action -- WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 - Lt. (jg) Clifford LaVerne Fluitt, USNR, son of Albert Otto Fluitt, sr., of 710 S. 11th st., Corvallis, was listed as missing today by the navy department."
This is a work in progress.
1930 US census (on April 21) - 215 Kirby Road, Gross Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan: Albert Fluitt 36 AR TN TN head of house (Chief of Police - Village) (age 23 at first marriage - same for both), Edith Fluitt 35 AR TN TX wife of head, Albert Fluitt 12 MI AR AR son, Rowland Fluitt 10 MI AR AR son, Lavern Fluitt 9 MI AR AR son, Louis Fluitt 7 MI AR AR son, Robert Fluitt 5 MI AR AR son, Ralph Fluitt 3 MI AR AR son. (names as they are in the database)
1940 US census (on April 8) 215 Kirby Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan: Albert O Fluitt 47 AR head of house (City Police), Edith M Fluitt 46 AR wife of head, Albert O Fluitt 22 MI single son, Rolin Eugene Fluitt 20 MI single son, Laum C Fluitt 19 MI single son, Louis Henry Fluitt 16 MI single son, Robert Keith Fluitt 15 MI son, Ralph Lucy Fluitt 12 MI son, Jane Rosalie Fluitt 8 MI daughter. (names as they are in the database)
16 Feb 1942 - Wayne County Local Board No. 57 REGISTRATION CARD (Men born on or after February 17, 1897 and on or before December 31, 1921) (Name) Clifford LaVerne Fluitt, (Residence) 343 Kerby Rd., Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne, Mich. (Age) 21, (Date of Birth) 9-12-1920, (Place of Birth) Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. (Name and Address of Person Who Will Always Know Your Address) Albert O. Fluitt Sr., 343 Kerby Rd., Gr. Pt. Farms, Mich., (Employer) Briggs Mfg. Co., 11631 Mack, Detroit, Wayne, Mich. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT: (HEIGHT) 5ft 11 inches, (WEIGHT) 154 pounds, (EYES) Blue, (COMPLEXION) Dark.
DEATH OF HIS MOTHER - Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) Tuesday 27 July 1943; Page 2, Column 4: "Mrs. Edith M. Fluitt - Services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Verheyden Funeral Home, 16300 Mack, for Mrs. Edith M. Fluitt, 49 years old, wife of Chief of Police Albert O. Fluitt, of Grosse Pointe Farms. Burial will be at Monticello, Ark. Mrs. Fluitt died early Monday at her home, 343 Kirby, after a long illness. -- Surviving besides her husband are six sons, Lieut. Albert O., Jr., Army Signal Corps; Lieut. Eugene, Army Air Forces; Clifford, naval air cadet; Pfc. Lewis H., Marines; Robert K., Army air cadet, and Ralph, at home, and a daughter, Jane."
28 Feb 1945 - Air Group 47 reported aboard the U.S.S. Bataan.
7 Apr 1945 BATTLE OF THE EAST CHINA SEA: "The Bataan's contribution: 4 torpedo hits on the YAMATO; one bomb hit on a light cruiser; bomb hits on 2 destroyers. As a result of these and hits by other groups, the YAMATO and the cruiser sank..."
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS - Earned for service with Torpedo Squadron 47 attached to U.S.S. Bataan in the vicinity of Kyushu and the Mamsei Shoto from March 18 to May 13, 1945.
24 May 1945 - "Air Group 47 makes its last flight over Kyushu, with a sweep over Kushira Airfield."
29 to 31 May 1945 - "The Okinawa Campaign is over for the BATAAN, all 80 days of it. We're underway for Leyte Gulf, in the Philippines."
29 Aug 1945 Statesman Journal, Salem Oregon; front page, column 2: "Clifford L. Fluitt Missing in Action -- WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 - Lt. (jg) Clifford LaVerne Fluitt, USNR, son of Albert Otto Fluitt, sr., of 710 S. 11th st., Corvallis, was listed as missing today by the navy department."
This is a work in progress.
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Michigan.
