Robert Lane Waldrop

Rate / Rank
ADJ1

Birthdate
July 19 1925

Date of Death
March 1 2003

Branch
US Navy

Active Duty Service
September 15 1942 - July 30 1965

Conflicts & Campaigns

Pacific World War II, Korea and Vietnam

Significant Duty Stations

Naval Air Station Saufley Field, Florida; Bronson Field, Pensacola, Florida; Naval Air Station, Shoemaker, California; US Naval Station, Treasure Island, California; FASRON 2, Hawaii; USS Manila Bay (CVE-62); VF-33 Naval Air Station, Cecil Field, Florida;
Fleet Air Wing Two, USS Manila Bay (CVE-61), Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida; VF-33, Cecil Field, Florida.; USS Midway (CV-41), VF-22 Jacksonville, Florida, USS Intrepid (CV-11), USS Saratoga (CV-3), Naval Air Station, Glynco, Georgia; Naval Air Station, Whiting Field, Florida; Naval Station, Jacksonville, Florida.

Decorations & Citations

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three bronze stars; American Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal
Good Conduct Medal; Occupation Medal (Europe); World War II Victory Medal

Notes

Born; Whigham, Grady County, Georgia. SSN 260-28-7724. Retired; US Navy 1965. Sheriff, Grady County January 1, 1969 - August 11, 1979. Burial; Woodlawn Cemetery, Whigham, Georgia.