Stephen Jones Chamberlin | |
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![]() Colonel Stephen J. Chamberlin, 1942
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Born | 23 December 1889 Spring Hill, Kansas |
Died | 23 October 1971 Newport Beach, California |
(aged 81)
Allegiance |
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Service/branch | United States Army |
Years of service | 1912–1951 |
Rank |
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Service number | 0-3397 |
Commands held | Fifth Army |
Battles/wars |
World War I |
Awards |
Navy Cross Order of the Nile, Grand Officer (Egypt) Commander of the Order of the Crown with Palm (Belgium) Croix de guerre with Palm (Belgium) Officer of the Legion of Honour (France) Grand Cross Order of Phoenix (Greece) Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau with Swords (Netherlands) |
World War I
World War II
Navy Cross
Distinguished Service Medal (4)
Silver Star
Distinguished Service Star (Philippines)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Australia)
Stephen Jones Chamberlin (23 December 1889 – 23 October 1971) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army who served during World War II as General of the Army Douglas MacArthur's Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, the staff officer in charge of plans and operations. Born in Spring Hill, Kansas on 23 December 1889, he was a 1912 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. During World War I, he was aide-de-camp to Major General David C. Shanks, the New York Port of Embarkation commander at Hoboken, New Jersey, for which he was one of twelve Army officers who received the Navy Cross.
After the war, he attended the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and served on the staff of the Chief of Infantry in the War Department. He attended the Army War College and was posted to the staff of the Army's Hawaiian Division at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3.