Robert W. "Bob" McClellan

"Bob"

Robert W. McClellan

LTC., U.S. Army, Retired Robert W. McClellan, age 69, a retired LTC., U.S. Army Infantry officer, died Sunday, November 14, 2010 at 11:30 a.m.

Bob McClellan was born in Summit, N.J. and graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in 1963. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and received a commission as an infantry officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Ga., then subsequently completed training as a paratrooper. He had served in infantry and airborne-infantry units in the Untied States, in the Republic of the Congo on a security mission to assist the loyalist government and mercenaries, in Germany and in Vietnam, where he served two tours. Following a security assistance tour in Lebanon in 1983 at which time the American Embassy and the U.S. Marine Corps base were attacked, he was assigned as the Army liaison officer to the U.S. Marine Corps Education Center, Quantico, where he was a primary contributor to the development of the Marine Corps anti-terrorism program.

Among his military honors, he received the Combat Infantryman's Badge, Legion of Merit, two Bronze Star Medals for Valor, two Purple Heart Medals, Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal for Valor and Defense Meritorious Service Medal.

LTC. McClellan retired from the U.S. Army in 1986 and had worked as a contractor/ consultant for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection until 2010, where he was primarily responsible for identifying and selecting locations at commercial ports of entry on the southwestern and northern borders for the installation of non-intrusive inspection equipment. He subsequently monitored the installation of x-ray and gamma ray technology designed to scan commercial cargo as well as the construction of facilities to accommodate these systems.

Survivors include two children, Robert Joseph McClellan of Lorton, Va. and Cherie Elizabeth Jernigan of Linda, California.

Visitation will be held on Monday, November 22, 2010 at Miller Funeral Home, 3200 Golansky Blvd., Woodbridge, VA 22192 from 11 a.m. until the funeral service at noon. Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. Arrangements by

Miller Funeral Home of Woodbridge.



This obituary was originally published in the News & Messenger (Woodbridge, VA).