DeGavre, Chester, BG

Deceased

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Last Rank
Brigadier General

Last Service Branch
Infantry

Last Primary MOS
1542-Infantry Unit Commander

Last MOS Group
Infantry (Officer)

Primary Unit
1955-1956, 6, Army War College (Staff)

Service Years
1926 - 1963

Foreign Language(s)

Spanish

Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates

Cold War Certificate

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Brigadier General

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Personal Details

Home State

New Jersey

New Jersey

Year of Birth
1907

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Home Town Newark	Last Address Not Specified

Date of Passing May 25, 1993
Location of Interment Not Specified	Wall/Plot Coordinates Not Specified

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US Army Retired (Pre-2007)

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1929-1933, United States Military Academy

FromYear 1929	ToYear 1933
College United States Military Academy
Major Military Science

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	Website http://www.usma.edu/

Last Updated:Dec 1, 2012

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79 Also There at This College:

Abrams, Creighton W. Jr., GEN, (1936-1974)

Alger, James Dyce, LTG, (1935-1970)

Ball, William Harris, MAJ, (1933-1942)

Blair, Arthur Walter, LTC, (1932-1944)

Caraway, Paul, LTG, (1929-1964)

Castle, Frederick Walker, BG, (1924-1944)

Clifford, Thomas Edgar, COL, (1932-1945)

Cooper, Ralph C., MG, (1929-1963)

Dalton, James L., BG, (1933-1945)

Darby, William Orlando, BG, (1933-1945)

Davis, Benjamin Oliver, COL, (1936-1947)

DeGavre, Chester Braddock, BG, (1933-1963)

Ely, William Jonas, LTG, (1933-1966)

Engler, Jean E., LTG, (1933-1967)

Evans, Benjamin Franklin Jr, MG

Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, COL, (1832-1865)

Freeman, Paul Lamar, GEN, (1929-1967)

Gavin, James Maurice, LTG, (1924-1958)

Gerhart, George, COL, (1930-1961)

Green, Martin Levering, COL, (1937-1967)

Haines, Ralph Edward, Jr., GEN, (1935-1973)

Hamlett, Barksdale, GEN, (1930-1964)

Harkins, Paul Donal, GEN, (1929-1964)

Harris, Hugh Pate, GEN, (1931-1965)

Hartel, Frederick, BG, (1928-1966)

Hawkins, Jesse M, LTC, (1933-1944)

Herlong, Henry Walter, CPT, (1933-1941)

Hero, Andrew, LTC, (1932-1943)

Hewitt, Robert, MG, (1932-1967)

Higgins, Gerald, MG, (1927-1955)

Hill, Francis, BG, (1927-1963)

Howze, Hamilton Hawkins, GEN, (1926-1965)

Hurdis, Charles, MG, (1917-1946)

Johnson, Harold Keith, GEN, (1933-1968)

Kellam, Frederick C. A., MAJ, (1936-1944)

Kelly, Colin Purdie, CPT, (1937-1941)

Lincoln, George, BG, (1929-1969)

Losey, Robert Moffat, CPT, (1929-1940)

Lynde, Nelson, MG, (1929-1964)

Lynde, Nelson, MG, (1929-1964)

MacLean, Allan, COL, (1926-1950)

Marshall, Alfred Cookman, COL, (1928-1944)

Mathews, John Hobert, LTC, (1931-1944)

McClure, Mark, MG, (1922-1957)

McKenzie, Henry, BG, (1929-1958)

Menoher, William, COL, (1932-1955)

Merrill, Frank Dow, MG, (1922-1948)

Messinger, Edwin J., LTG, (1931-1965)

Mucci, Henry Andrews, COL, (1929-1947)

Neiger, John Joseph, MAJ, (1935-1944)

Neyland, Robert, BG, (1916-1946)

Nichols, Kenneth David, MG, (1929-1953)

Palmer Jr., Bruce, GEN, (1936-1974)

Palmer., Bruce, Jr., GEN, (1936-1974)

Pugh, John, MG, (1928-1966)

Quinn, William Wilson, LTG, (1933-1966)

Raff, Edson Duncan, COL, (1933-1958)

Riemenschneider, Walter Albert, LTC, (1931-1963)

Russell, Sam Carroll, MG, (1932-1962)

Ryder, William Thomas, BG, (1936-1966)

Scott, Robert Lee, COL, (1932-1947)

Thompson, Paul, BG, (1929-1946)

Throckmorton, John Lathrop, GEN, (1935-1973)

Treacy, Edgar, COL, (1935-1951)

Truman, Louis Watson, LTG, (1926-1967)

Tucker, Reuben Henry, MG, (1935-1963)

Volckmann, Russell, BG, (1934-1960)

Walker, Edwin Anderson, MG, (1931-1961)

Waters, John Knight, GEN, (1927-1966)

Wehle, Philip, MG, (1930-1965)

Westmoreland, William Childs, GEN, (1936-1972)

Westmoreland, William Childs, GEN, (1932-1972)

Wheeler, Earle Gilmore, GEN, (1932-1970)

Wheeler, Lester Lewis, BG, (1935-1965)

Wilson, Walter, LTG, (1929-1965)

Wood, Robert, GEN, (1924-1969)

Yarborough, William Pelham, LTG, (1936-1971)

Yount, Paul, MG, (1930-1958)

Zehner, Elery, COL, (1937-1968)

51 Also There at This College From Other Sites:

Ackerman, John Bevier, Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1932 - 1960)

Agee, Sam Wilkerson, Jr., Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1937 - 1963)

Alness, Harvey Thompson, Lt Gen USAF(Ret), (1934 - 1964)

Asensio, Manuel Jose, Lt Gen USAF(Ret), (1927 - 1960)

Baker, David Hodge, Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1932 - 1957)

Barton, Paul Lawrence, Brig Gen USAF(Ret), (1929 - 1964)

Bell, Fredrick, Brig Gen, (1932 - 1963)

Blake, Gordon Aylesworth, Lt Gen USAF(Ret), (1931 - 1965)

Bradley, Mark Edward, Gen, (1930 - 1965)

Broadhurst, Edwin Borden, Lt Gen, (1937 - 1965)

Brugge, Byron Elias, Col, (1934 - 1945)

Carmichael, Richard Henry, Maj Gen, (1928 - 1961)

Castle, Frederick Walter, Brig Gen, (1930 - 1944)

Clark, Albert Patton, Lt Gen, (1932 - 1974)

Crowder, Robert Thomas, Col, (1936 - 1944)

Davis, Benjamin Oliver, Jr., Gen, (1936 - 1970)

Du Bose, Thomas J., Brig Gen USAF(Ret), (1929 - 1959)

Ellsworth, Richard Elmer, Brig Gen, (1931 - 1953)

Estes, Howell Marion, Jr., Gen USAF(Ret), (1936 - 1967)

Freeman, Richard Shafle, Capt, (1930 - 1941)

Gent, Thomas J., Jr., Maj Gen, (1935 - 1963)

Gowen, Paul R., 1st Lt, (1933 - 1938)

Hall, Thomas Burns, Col, (1933 - 1951)

Holloway, Bruce Keener, Gen, (1937 - 1972)

Kelly, Colin Purdie, Jr., Capt, (1936 - 1941)

Klocko, Richard Philip (USAFSS/POW WWII), Lt Gen USAF(Ret), (1937 - 1971)

Little, Augustine Patterson, Jr. ("Pat"), Col, (1937 - 1944)

Losey, Robert Moffat, Capt, (1929 - 1940)

Magoffin, Morton David (Mort), Col USAF(Ret), (1937 - 1958)

McCorkle, Charles Milton, Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1932 - 1966)

McKee, William Fulton (7th Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force), Gen USAF(Ret), (1929 - 1964)

Monteith, Dwight Oliver, Maj Gen, (1936 - 1971)

Moody, George Putnam, Maj, (1929 - 1941)

Napier, Ezekiel Wimberly, Brig Gen, (1931 - )

Necrason, Conrad Francis, Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1937 - 1965)

Norstad, Lauris, Gen USAF(Ret), (1930 - 1963)

O'Keefe, Richard Joseph, Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1930 - 1960)

Pollock, Daniel Carroll (Navy Cross), Col, (1936 - 1964)

Price, John, Col, (Not Specified)

Reeves, Raymond Judson, Gen, (1934 - 1969)

Robey, Pearl Harvey, Maj Gen, (1930 - 1960)

Rogers, Turner Clifton, Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1936 - 1966)

Ruestow, Paul E., Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1930 - 1960)

Scott, Robert Lee, Jr., Brig Gen USAF(Ret), (1927 - 1957)

Scott, Robert, Brig Gen USAF(Ret), (1932 - 1957)

Smart, Jacob Edward, Gen USAF(Ret), (1927 - 1966)

Smith, Frederic Harrison, Jr., Gen USAF(Ret), (1929 - 1962)

Sweeney, Walter Campbell, Gen USAF(Ret), (1926 - 1965)

Vincent, Clinton Dermott, Brig Gen, (1928 - 1955)

Westover, Charles Bainbridge, Lt Gen USAF(Ret), (1937 - 1967)

Wray, Stanley Tanner, Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1932 - 1962)

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