Allan Clay McBride (June 30, 1885 – May 9, 1944) was an American brigadier general and chief of staff in the Philippines at the time of the Japanese invasion.

During World War I, McBride served as a battalion commander in France and received a temporary promotion to lieutenant colonel.

[5] He was put in command of Service Area Command during the Battle of Bataan with his headquarters in Mariveles at the southern tip most of Bataan facing Corregidor Island.

He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his bravery during harsh interrogation after capture.

[6] After the war, his remains were exhumed from Taiwan in 1947, transferred to Hawaii and then reburied at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, Maryland on May 25, 1948.