Claire Elwood Hutchin Jr. (January 9, 1916 – June 22, 1980) was a highly decorated lieutenant general in the United States Army.

He received two Distinguished Service Crosses during the Korean War, and later commanded the 4th Infantry Division and First United States Army.

Later that year he received a wartime commission as lieutenant colonel and posting with the Southeast Asia Command joint planning staff.

[2] In the Korean War, Hutchin was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for commanding the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment against the Chinese offensive from November 25–30, 1950, around Kujangdong, Korea.

Hutchin was engaged in a series of defensive actions, counterattacks and withdrawals against superior enemy forces when his Company C, was overrun and suffered losses of combat leadership and material.