Courtesy of Michael
Stein:
Brigadier General Archelaus Lewis Hamblen
Born July 25, 1894 in Gorham, Maine
Died October 8, 1971
Graduated from University of Maine 1916
Second Lieutenant 1916
First Lieutenant 1916
Captain 1917
Major (NA) 1918
Major 1928
Lieutenant Colonel 1938
Colonel (AUS) 1941
Brigadier General (AUS) 1942
Colonel 1946
Served with 15th Machine Gun Battalion, AEF
1918
Student, Infantry School 1927-28
Professor (Military Sciences & Tactics),
University of Arkansas 1928-32
Student, Command & General Staff School
1933-34
Student, Army War College 1936-37
Served with Army General Staff 1937-41
Assistant Chief of Staff (Supply), Allied
Forces Headquarters in England 1942-43
Assistant Chief of Staff (Supply), North African
Theater of Operations 1943-44
Assistant Chief of Staff (Supply), US. Component,
Allied Armies in Italy 1944-45
Assistant Chief of Staff (Plans), Mediterranean
Theater of Operations 1945-46
Retired July 1954
Distinguished Service Medal (two) - Legion
of Merit - Bronze Star Medal
Archelaus Lewis Hamblen was born on 25 July 1894
and died on 8 October 1971. He is buried in Section 30 of Arlington
National Cemetery with his wife, Ethelyn Bragdon Hamblen (22 April 1894-30
July 1958).
The General was assigned to the Office of Civil
Affairs, United States Army, 13 April 1952-30 September 1952.
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HAMBLEN, ARCHELAUS LEWIS
BG U.S.A.
DATE OF BIRTH: 07/25/1894
DATE OF DEATH: 10/08/1971
BURIED AT: SECTION 30 SITE 266 LH
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
HAMBLEN, ETHELYN B W/O ARCHELOUS LEWIS
DATE OF BIRTH: 05/22/1894
DATE OF DEATH: 07/30/1958
BURIED AT: SECTION 30 SITE 266 NH
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Photo Courtesy of Russell C. Jacobs,
March 2006
