Chester Victor Clifton Jr. (September 24, 1913 – December 23, 1991) was a major general in the United States Army and an aide to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.

He graduated from high school in 1930 and worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer as a cub reporter for two years while attending the University of Washington.

He co-authored the book The Memories: J.F.K., 1961–1963 with Cecil W. Stoughton and was a public relations consultant in the development of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Clifton died of pneumonia after an intestinal operation at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., on December 23, 1991,[1][2] and was survived by his widow, Anne Bodine (1915–2009).

[6] During World War II he served in the Field Artillery in Italy, France and Germany, earning the Legion of Merit, a Bronze Star Medal, the French Croix de Guerre and the Italian Cross of Valor.