WWII
Robert Leon "Bobby" VanLandingham
Rate / Rank
LTJG
Birthdate
March 6 1921
Date of Death
July 21 2003
Branch
USCG
Active Duty Service
1942 - 1946
Conflicts & Campaigns
- New Guinea
- Leyte Gulf
Decorations & Citations
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three battle stars
- American Campaign Medal
- Philippine Liberation Medal with one battle star
- Navy Occupation Medal (Asia); Navy Combat Action Ribbon
- World War II Victory Medal
Notes
He was an Air Reconnaissance officer. Graduate of Cairo High School Class of 1938. Graduated Wingate Junior College, Wingate, North Carolina 1940. Graduated University of Georgia School of Journalism. Principal and 7th grade teacher of Calvary School for the 1946-47 session. Joined father and brother in operation of RR VanLandingham Company until 1982. Associate Editor of The Cairo Messenger. Father of AC2 Robert Stafford VanLandingham US Air Force. Buried; Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.