The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Robert Stancell McLendon
Rank
Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Coast Guard
Date of Death
November 11, 1952
Lieutenant Commander McLendon was a veteran of World War II. During the Korean War he was the Executive Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Detachment, Agana, Guam. On November 11, 1952, he was the pilot of a Coast Guard PBY-6 rescue aircraft on a training flight, which crashed after its engine caught fire on takeoff killing him, the co-pilot and an observer.