List of commanders of 1st Infantry Division (United States) explained

This is a list of commanders of the 1st Infantry Division of the United States Army.^[1]

Commanding Officers

• MG William L. Sibert June – December 1917
• MG Robert L. Bullard December 1917 – July 1918
• MG Charles P. Summerall July – October 1918
• BG Frank Parker October – November 1918
• MG Edward F. McGlachlin Jr. November 1918 – September 1919
• MG Charles P. Summerall October 1919 – June 1921
• MG David C. Shanks July – November 1921
• MG Charles T. Menoher November 1921 – January 1922
• MG Harry C. Hale February – December 1922
• BG William S. Graves December 1922 – July 1925
• BG Preston Brown July 1925 – January 1926
• BG Frank Parker January – May 1926
• BG Hugh A. Drum May 1926 – May 1927
• MG Fox Conner May – September 1927
• BG Hugh A. Drum September 1927 – January 1930
• BG William Payne Jackson January – March 1930
• MG Briant H. Wells March – September 1930
• BG Lucius R. Holbrook October 1930 – November 1935
• BG Charles DuVal Roberts November 1935 – February 1936
• MG Frank Parker February – March 1936
• MG Stanley H. Ford March – October 1936
• BG Perry L. Miles October 1936 – October 1937
• COL William P. Ennis November – December 1937
• BG Laurence Halstead December 1937 – January 1938
• MG Walter C. Short October 1938 – September 1939
• MG Karl Truesdell October 1939 – December 1940
• MG Donald C. Cubbison January 1941 – May 1942
• MG Terry Allen May 1942 – August 1943
• MG Clarence R. Huebner August 1943 – December 1944
• MG Clift Andrus December 1944 – May 1946
• MG Frank W. Milburn June 1946 – May 1949
• BG Ralph J. Canine May–September 1949
• MG John E. Dahlquist September 1949 – July 1951
• MG Thomas S. Timberman July 1951 – December 1952
• MG Charles T. Lanham January 1953 – June 1954
• MG Guy S. Meloy, Jr. June 1954 – December 1955
• MG Willis S. Matthews January 1956 – April 1957
• MG David H. Buchanan April 1957 – October 1958
• BG Forrest Caraway October 1958 – December 1958
• MG Harvey H. Fischer December 1958 – January 1960
• BG John A. Seitz January 1960 – February 1960
• MG Theodore W. Parker February 1960 – May 1961
• BG John A. Berry, Jr. May 1961 – June 1961
• BG William B. Kunzig July 1961 – August 1961
• MG John F. Ruggles August 1961 – January 1963
• MG Arthur W. Oberbeck January 1963 – January 1964
• MG Jonathan O. Seaman February 1964 – March 1966
• MG William E. DePuy March 1966 – December 1966
• MG John H. Hay, Jr. January 1967 – February 1968
• MG Keith L. Ware February–September 1968
• MG Orwin C. Talbott September 1968 – August 1969
• MG Albert E. Milloy August 1969 – February 1970
• BG John Q. Henion March 1970 – April 1970
• MG Robert R. Linvill April 1970 – January 1971
• MG Edward M. Flanagan, Jr. January 1971 – December 1972
• MG G. J. Duquemin January 1973 – August 1974
• MG Marvin D. Fuller August 1974 – May 1976
• MG Calvert P. Benedict May 1976 – May 1978
• MG Phillip Kaplan May 1978 – July 1980
• MG Edward A. Partain July 1980 – December 1982
• MG Neal Creighton, Sr. December 1982 – June 1984
• MG Ronald L. Watts June 1984 – April 1986
• MG Leonard P. Wishart III April 1986 – July 1988
• MG Gordon R. Sullivan July 1988 – July 1989
• MG Thomas Rhame July 1989 – August 1991
• MG William W. Hartzog August 1991 – July 1993
• MG Josue Robles, Jr. July 1993 – June 1994
• MG Randolph W. House June 1994 – February 1996
• MG Montgomery Meigs March 1996 – July 1997
• MG David L. Grange August 1997 – August 1999
• MG John P. Abizaid August 1999 – September 2000
• MG Bantz J. Craddock September 2000 – August 2002
• MG John R.S. Batiste August 2002 – June 2005
• MG Kenneth W. Hunzeker June 2005 – August 2006
• MG Carter F. Ham August 2006 – August 2007
• MG Robert E. Durbin July 2007 – July 2008
• BG Perry L. Wiggins July 2008 – April 2009
• MG Vincent K. Brooks April 2009 – May 2011
• MG William C. Mayville Jr. May 2011 – May 2013
• MG Paul E. Funk II May 2013 – July 2015
• MG Wayne W. Grigsby Jr. July 2015 – September 2016
• BG Pat Frank September 2016 (interim)
• MG Joseph M. Martin October 2016 – June 2018^[2]
• MG John S. Kolasheski June 2018 – August 2020^[3]
• BG John W. O'Connor Jr. August 2020 (interim)^[4]
• MG Douglas A. Sims II August 2020 – May 2022^[5]
• MG John V. Meyer III May 2022 – June 2024
• MG Monte L. Rone June 2024 – present

Notes and References

1. Web site: Commanders of 1st Infantry Division. 23 June 2010 .
2. Web site: Major General Joseph M. Martin. www.riley.army.mil. 2016-10-19.
3. Web site: Major General John S. Kolasheski. www.riley.army.mil. 2018-06-26.
4. News: Big Red One Gets New Leader . 2020-08-04. WIBW News. 2020-08-09.
5. Web site: Commanding General, 1st Infantry Division. U.S. Army Fort Riley. 2018-08-14.