Landis was born to Jason and Alice Landis in Miller Township, Marion County, Missouri, between Hannibal and Palmyra, where he grew up on the family farm.
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Landis joined the United States Army in October 1918, and joined the Student Army Training Corps while attending Central Methodist University in Missouri.
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