Major General Robert Lily Spragins (November 12, 1890 – December 26, 1964) was a senior United States Army officer.

[1][2] Among his fellow graduates were Geoffrey Keyes, Douglass T. Greene, Francis K. Newcomer, Louis A. Craig, Carlos Brewer, Richard U. Nicholas, Alexander Patch, Robert M. Perkins, Henry Balding Cheadle, Paul Newgarden, William R. Schmidt, Willis D. Crittenberger, Lunsford E. Oliver and Charles H. Corlett.

[3] Spragins served with the 2nd Infantry Brigade and the II Corps Area Headquarters at Camp Dix, New Jersey in 1921 and 1922.

[5] Spragins subsequently completed the advanced course for Infantry officers, as well as the Chemical Warfare course at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland.

[3] In 1927, Spragins completed the course of instruction at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff School, where he was a Distinguished Graduate.

[7] In 1935, Spragins was assigned as an advisor and trainer for the Alabama National Guard,[8] and on August 1 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.

[3] Soon after being promoted to the temporary rank of colonel on June 26, 1941,[9] Spragins was serving as chief of staff for the 24th Infantry Division in Hawaii in 1941, and took part in coordinating the initial response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

[1] Spragins was promoted again, this time to the two-star rank of temporary major general on September 18, 1943[9] and assigned as commander of the 71st Infantry Division.

[1] He also received the Treasury Department Medal of Honor (Silver) in February 1918 to recognize his heroism in saving two men from drowning.