Maxon S. Lough

{{short description|United States Army general}}

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| name = Maxon S. Lough

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| image = File:Lough Brown Sallee Bataan.jpg

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| caption = General Lough, left, with Col. Harrison C. Browne and Capt. Joseph B. Sallee, during the Battle of Bataan

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1886|09|05}}

| birth_place = Fargo, North Dakota, US

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|07|13|1886|09|05}}

| death_place = Palo Alto, California, US

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| placeofburial = Arlington National Cemetery

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|allegiance= United States of America

|branch= United States Army

| serviceyears = 1908–1946

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| rank = Brigadier General

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| battles = Philippine–American War
World War I
World War II

| awards = Distinguished Service Cross
Distinguished Service Medal
Purple Heart (2)

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Maxon Spafford Lough (September 15, 1886 – July 13, 1964) was an American brigadier general and commanded the Philippine Division during the Battle of Bataan in World War II.{{cite book|author=John G. Doll|title=The Battling Bastards of Bataan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D59p7gifOP4C&pg=PA126|year=1997|publisher=Merriam Press|isbn=978-1-57638-009-3|pages=126–}}{{cite book|title=The War in the Pacific: Fall of the Philippines|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=58Zy-vacslAC&pg=PA327|publisher=Government Printing Office|pages=327–|id=GGKEY:6T0TQEZ946B}}{{cite book|author=Bill Schiller|title=History of the Defenders of the Philippines Guam and Wake Islands 1941-1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ThRw9t-REYkC&pg=PP13|date=15 January 1998|publisher=Turner Publishing Company|isbn=978-1-56311-405-2|pages=13–}}

Lough served in the Philippine Constabulary from January 1908 to August 1911. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant of the U.S. Army Infantry in December 1911.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vvQsAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA517 |title=Official Army Register |date=January 1, 1941 |page=517 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=2023-01-23}}

During World War I, Lough served as a major with the 38th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division in France. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and two Purple Hearts.{{cite web |url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/13224 |title= Maxon S. Lough |website=Military Times |publisher=Sightline Media Group |access-date=2023-01-23}}

After the war, Lough graduated from the Infantry School advanced course in 1923, the Command and General Staff School in 1924 and the Army War College in 1928. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in August 1935 and colonel in September 1940.

Sent to the Philippines, Lough received a temporary promotion to brigadier general in October 1941. After being held as a prisoner of war for over three years, he retired from active duty as a brigadier general on August 31, 1946.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RFjtWlmkz9MC&pg=PA734 |title=Official Army Register: United States Army Active and Retired Lists |date=January 1, 1949 |volume=I |page=734 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=2023-01-23}}

Lough was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on July 17, 1964.{{cite web |url=https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/index.html#/search-all/results/1/CgVMb3VnaBIFTWF4b24aAVM-/ |title=Lough, Maxon S |website=ANCExplorer |publisher=U.S. Army |access-date=2023-01-23}}