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Stuart
Chapin
Godfrey
DNB (1945)
1886-01-01

–

1945-10-19

Born:

Milford

, 

Massachusetts

Home:

Milford

, 

Massachusetts

Cemetery:

Cremated

Stuart Godfrey graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1909. As a Brigadier General, he was killed in an air crash in 1945.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Regiment:

    Air Service Command

    Division:

    China-Burma-India Theater of Operations

    Action Date:

    1943 – 1945

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Brigadier General Stuart Chapin Godfrey (ASN: 0-2574), United States Army Air Forces, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Air Engineer, Air Service Command, U.S. China-Burma-India Theater of Operations from 1943 to 1945.

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Action Date:

    April 1942 – November 1943
    War Department, General Orders No. 10 (January 22, 1947)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal (Posthumously) to Brigadier General Stuart Chapin Godfrey (ASN: 0-2574), United States Army Air Forces, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Air Engineer, U.S. Army Air Forces from April 1942 to November 1943. The distinctive accomplishments of General Godfrey reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States Army Air Forces.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Division:

    Air Force Combat Command

    Action Date:

    1942

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Brigadier General Stuart Chapin Godfrey (ASN: 0-2574), United States Army Air Forces, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Engineer, Air Force Combat Command, in 1942.