He was the son of Alfred W. Fleming and Gay Robertson Fleming.
On Tuesday evening, June 3, 1924, he married Emma Stitt at St. Thomas' Church in the District of Columbia.
They were the parents of two children including Robert Walton Fleming Jr. (1924-1996).
Robert Walton Fleming was a 1917 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. On June 3, 1924, he married Emma Stitt, daughter of Rear Admiral Edward Stitt at St. Thomas' Church in the District of Columbia. They were the parents of two sons including Robert Walton Fleming Jr. (1924-1996). In January 1945 he was captain of the battleship, USS New Mexico (BB-40), known as The Queen, which was the flagship of Rear Admiral George L. Weyler. The 25-year-old battleship was part of the task force for an amphibious operation to take control of the coast between Lingayen and San Fabien on the Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines. In the middle of the day a single Kamikaze with a 500-pound bomb dove into the battleship's port navigation bridge. Those who died included Captain Fleming, Lieut. General Herbert Lumsden who had been sent by Churchill as Special Military Representative to General MacArthur; Sub-Lieut. Bryan Morton of the Royal Navy and William Henry Chickering, Time magazine correspondent were on the bridge. Twenty-nine died and eighty-seven were injured. For the next four days the New Mexico was under attack. His remains were buried at sea and he was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star:
Captain Robert Walton Fleming (NSN: 0-10969), United States Navy, was awarded the Silver Star (Posthumously) for gallantry in action while serving as Commanding Officer of the USS New Mexico off San Fernando in the Philippine Islands on January 6, 1945.
He is also listed on the Tablets of the Missing in Manila, Philippine Islands. At the Naval Academy he is remembered on a Wall of Valor located in the team training facility. While at the academy he was a member of the rowing team.
Sources: The Evening Star, Sunday, May 20, 1945; Bureau of Naval Personnel Information, Bulletin No. 347, February 1946 and Kamikaze: To Die For The Emperor by Peter C. Smith, Pen & Sword Books, 2014.
He was the son of Alfred W. Fleming and Gay Robertson Fleming.
On Tuesday evening, June 3, 1924, he married Emma Stitt at St. Thomas' Church in the District of Columbia.
They were the parents of two children including Robert Walton Fleming Jr. (1924-1996).
Robert Walton Fleming was a 1917 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. On June 3, 1924, he married Emma Stitt, daughter of Rear Admiral Edward Stitt at St. Thomas' Church in the District of Columbia. They were the parents of two sons including Robert Walton Fleming Jr. (1924-1996). In January 1945 he was captain of the battleship, USS New Mexico (BB-40), known as The Queen, which was the flagship of Rear Admiral George L. Weyler. The 25-year-old battleship was part of the task force for an amphibious operation to take control of the coast between Lingayen and San Fabien on the Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines. In the middle of the day a single Kamikaze with a 500-pound bomb dove into the battleship's port navigation bridge. Those who died included Captain Fleming, Lieut. General Herbert Lumsden who had been sent by Churchill as Special Military Representative to General MacArthur; Sub-Lieut. Bryan Morton of the Royal Navy and William Henry Chickering, Time magazine correspondent were on the bridge. Twenty-nine died and eighty-seven were injured. For the next four days the New Mexico was under attack. His remains were buried at sea and he was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star:
Captain Robert Walton Fleming (NSN: 0-10969), United States Navy, was awarded the Silver Star (Posthumously) for gallantry in action while serving as Commanding Officer of the USS New Mexico off San Fernando in the Philippine Islands on January 6, 1945.
He is also listed on the Tablets of the Missing in Manila, Philippine Islands. At the Naval Academy he is remembered on a Wall of Valor located in the team training facility. While at the academy he was a member of the rowing team.
Sources: The Evening Star, Sunday, May 20, 1945; Bureau of Naval Personnel Information, Bulletin No. 347, February 1946 and Kamikaze: To Die For The Emperor by Peter C. Smith, Pen & Sword Books, 2014.
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