2nd Lieutenant Robert S McClellan (Captain)
Robert Sibley McClellan Jr was born on July 11th, 1930 in Albany, New York to Robert and Maxine McClellan. After completing high school in 1948, he would attend Yale until answering the call to arms and enlisting in the Marine Corps on January 6th, 1951. He would be sent to Parris Island for training until April 10th, when McClellan would be selected to attend Officers Candidate School in Quantico, Virginia, where he would earn a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant. Shortly afterwards, he would undergo training at the Supply School at Camp Lejeune until joining the 18th Replacement Draft bound for Korea on January 29th, 1952. Shortly after arriving, 2nd Lieutenant McClellan was assigned to Service Battery, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division on March 9th, 1952, which was operating at the front line in West Korea. 2nd Lieutenant McClellan’s time in Korea was relatively calm. The war at this point was essentially a battle over outposts located on key terrain, and the 11th Marines were stationed to prevent such occurrences. They conducted regular duties such as supporting patrols, firing propaganda leaflets, and engaging in counter battery fire. It was during this time that McClellan accepted a promotion to 1st Lieutenant on November 29th, 1952, only a few days before he would be separated from the 11th Marines on December 6th and be sent back to the states, eventually joining the Officers Volunteer Reserve, 1st MCRRD and being promoted to Captain after experiencing three campaigns during his nine months in Korea. Returning home, he would graduate from St Lawrence University and marry Sabine Neuse in 1955, who he would divorce shortly afterwards. While working for the Foreign Service of the State Department, he would meet his last wife, Jolahna Diana and they would get married in 1962, right before they both departed to Algiers where McClellan would serve as vice consul. Unfortunately, Robert McClellan would pass away on February 23nd, 1972 at the young age of 41 in Washington DC.
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