OBIT: Allan RANKIN, 2002, Boyle & Garrard Co. & Fl

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From the Danville Advocate Messenger, 29 Mar 2002

DADE CITY, Fla. --Allan Pershing Rankin, 83, of Dade City, Fla., died 
March 20.

Born Nov. 17, 1918, in Lancaster, he was a 1940 graduate of Centre 
College where he was a member of Beta Theta Phi social fraternity. 
He served as second lieutenant in the National Guard and Army Air 
Corps and was a flight instructor and fighter pilot in the China, 
Burma, and Indian Theater during World War II. He later joined the 
Air Force Reserve and was a fighter pilot and squadron commander in 
the Korean War and was wing commander in the Vietnam War. He also 
served as commander of the U.S. Military Advisory Group in Bogota, 
Columbia. He retired in 1975 after being qualified to fly 45 different 
aircraft.

He received the Legion Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross with 
Two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Force Medal with six Oak Leaf Clusters, 
the Air Force Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the 
Vietnamese Medal of Honor (First Rank), the Republic of Korea 
Presidential Unit Citation and the Colombian Narino Order.

Survivors include his wife, Glenn Shelley Rankin; three daughters, 
Kay Dyal of Tampa, Fla., Carol Rankin of San Antonio, Texas and Nancy 
Rankin of Dade City; three sons, Allan C. Rankin of Panacea, Fla., 
David P. Rankin of Tampa and Robert L. Rankin of Nashville, Tenn.; 
and 10 grandchildren.

Hodges Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Memorials may go to the Harbor Behavioral Health Care Institute Inc., 
Finance Department, P.O. Box 428, New Port Richey, Fla. 34656-0428.