Background
Chafee, Adna Romanza was born on September 23, 1884 in Junction City, Kansas, United States. Son of Adna Romanza and Anna Frances (Rockwell) Chafee.
Chafee, Adna Romanza was born on September 23, 1884 in Junction City, Kansas, United States. Son of Adna Romanza and Anna Frances (Rockwell) Chafee.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1906. Graduate Mounted Service School, Fort Riley, Kansas, 1908, advanced course, same, 1912, General Staff College, Langres, France, 1917, School of the Lincolnshire, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1921, Army War College, Washington, District of Columbia, 1925.
1 son, Adna Romanza. Commissioned First lieutenant, 1912, advanced through grades to brigadier general, November 1, 1938. Major Infantry, National Army, and assigned as adjunct, 81st Division, Camp Jackson, South Carolina., 1917. Served in Saint Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives and with Army of Occupation, World War.
Commanding general 7th Cavalry Brigade (mechanized), since 1938.
Married Ethel Warren Huff, December 15, 1908.