Robert Campbell Van Vliet

Brigadier General Robert Campbell Van Vliet (1857 - October 27, 1943) served in the United States Army as the commander of the 87th Division.[1]

Biography

He was born in 1857 in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas to Stewart Van Vliet and Sarah Jane Brown.[1]

He was commissioned a lieutenant by Ulysses S. Grant in 1876, at age 19. He served as commander of the 87th Division starting on November 13, 1917. He retired in 1918.[1]

He died at the Palma Hotel in New Smyrna, Florida on October 27, 1943.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "General Van Vliet, 86, In Army 42 Years, Former Commander of 87th Division Dies in Florida". New York Times. October 28, 1943. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
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