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Stephen Hanmer graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1931. He retired as a U.S. Army Major General.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Major General

    Action Date:

    December 1956 – May 1964

    Department of the Army, General Orders No. 22 (June 30, 1964)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Major General Stephen Read Hanmer (ASN: 0-18348), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility, during the period from December 1956 through May 1964.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Corps of Engineers)

    Action Date:

    1945 – 1947

    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Corps of Engineers) Stephen Read Hanmer (ASN: 0-18348), United States Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from 1945 to 1947.

  • Soldier’s Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant (Corps of Engineers)

    Action Date:

    May 9 – 10, 1932

    War Department, General Orders No. 5 (1934)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Soldier’s Medal to Second Lieutenant (Corps of Engineers) Stephen Read Hanmer (ASN: 0-18348), United States Army, for heroism, not involving actual conflict with an enemy, displayed at Fort Benning, Georgia, on the night of 9-10 May 1932. While on maneuvers in a remote part of the reservation, Private F. Kingdon Schaefer, Company A, 7th Engineers, was bitten by a rattlesnake. Lieutenant Hanmer and another officer, knowing that medical aid was not immediately available and believing that the soldier was in immediate danger, without regard to the consequent danger to themselves, opened the wound with a razor blade and sucked out the venom-infected blood.