Alva J. Brasted

{{Infobox military person

| name =Alva Jennings Brasted

| image = AlvaBrasted.jpg

| caption = Colonel Alva Jennings Brasted
4th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1876|7|5}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1965|5|27|1876|7|5}}

| placeofburial_label = Resting Place

| placeofburial = Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, Virginia

| birth_place = Findley Lake, New York

| death_place = Washington, D.C.

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| allegiance ={{flag|United States}}

| branch =20px United States Army

| serviceyears = 1913–1937

| rank =30px Colonel

| unit =

| commands = U.S. Army Chaplain Corps

| battles = World War I

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Chaplain (Colonel) Alva Jennings Brasted (July 5, 1876 – May 27, 1965) was an American Army officer who served as the 4th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1933 to 1937.{{Cite book |url=http://www.history.army.mil/books/root/appB.htm |title=PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, 1900–1963 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |year=1983 |first=James E. |last=Hewes |access-date=2010-07-09 |archive-date=2017-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123130338/http://www.history.army.mil/books/root/appB.htm |url-status=dead }}