List of commanders of 7th Infantry Division (United States)

This is a list of commanders of the 7th Infantry Division of the United States Army.^[1]^[2]

Past commanders

COL Guy H. Preston, January 1918
BG Charles H. Barth, January – February 1918
BG Tiemann N. Horn, February 1918
BG Charles H. Barth, February 1918 – June 1918
BG Tiemann N. Horn, June 1918
BG Charles H. Barth, June – October 1918
BG Lutz Wahl, October 1918
MG Edmund Wittenmyer, October 1918 – January 1919
BG Guy H. Preston, January 1919
MG Edmund Wittenmyer, January 1919 – May 1919
BG Lutz Wahl, May 1919
MG Edmund Wittenmyer, May – June 1919
BG Lutz Wahl, July 1919 – October 1919
MG Edward F. McGlachlin Jr., October 1919 – July 1921
MG Charles J. Bailey, July – August 1921
MG Harry H. Bandholtz, August – September 1921
Division inactive, 22 September 1921 – 1 July 1940
MG Joseph W. Stilwell, July 1940 – August 1941
MG Charles H. White, August 1941 – April 1942
MG Albert E. Brown, April 1942 – May 1943
MG Eugene M. Landrum. May – July 1943
BG Archibald V. Arnold, July – September 1943
MG Charles H. Corlett, September 1943 – February 1944
MG Archibald V. Arnold, February 1944 – September 1945
BG Joseph L. Ready, September 1945 – March 1946
MG Andrew D. Bruce, March – June 1946
BG Leroy J. Stewart, June 1946 – October 1947
BG Harlan N. Hartness, October 1947 – January 1948
MG John B. Coulter, January – June 1948
BG Edwin W. Piburn, June – September 1948
MG William F. Dean, September 1948 – May 1949
MG David G. Barr, May 1949 – January 1951
MG Claude B. Ferenbaugh, January – December 1951
MG Lyman L. Lemnitzer, December 1951 – July 1952
MG Wayne C. Smith, July 1952 – March 1953
MG Arthur G. Trudeau, March – October 1953
MG Lionel C. McGarr, October 1953 – May 1954
MG Edmund Sebree, May 1954 – August 1955
MG Paul W. Caraway, August 1955 – April 1956
BG Ralph J. Butchers, April – June 1956
MG Carl H. Jark, June 1956 – September 1957
MG Thomas J. Sands, September 1957 – April 1958
MG Normando A. Costello, April 1958 – June 1959
MG Teddy H. Sanford, June 1959 – August 1960
MG Tom R. Stoughton, August 1960 – September 1962
BG Frank S. Henry, September 1962 – January 1963
MG Chester A. Dahlen, January – August 1963
MG David W. Gray, August 1963 – June 1964
MG Ferdinand T. Unger, June 1964 – August 1965
MG Chester L. Johnson, August 1965 – July 1966
MG Frederick W. Boye Jr., July 1966 – September 1967
MG William A. Enemark, September 1967 – August 1968
MG Osmund A. Leahy, August 1968 – November 1968
BG James K. Terry, November 1968 – January 1969
MG Edward P. Smith, January 1969 – May 1970
MG Harold G. Moore, May 1970 – April 1971
Division inactive, 2 April 1971 - 21 October 1974
MG William Hardin Harrison, January 1985 – July 1987
MG Edwin H. Burba Jr., July 1987 – June 1988
MG Carmen J. Cavezza, June 1988 – May 1990
MG Jerry A. White, May 1990 – September 1991
MG Marvin L. Covault, September 1991 – April 1993
MG Richard F. Timmons, March 1993 – September 1994
Division inactive, 1 October 1994 – 4 June 1999
MG John M. Riggs, June 1999
MG Edward Soriano, June 1999 – October 2001
MG Charles C. Campbell, October 2001 – October 2002
MG Robert (Bob) Wilson, October 2002 – January 2005
MG Robert W. Mixon Jr., January 2005 – August 2006
Division inactive, August 2006 – 11 October 2012
MG Stephen R. Lanza, October 2012 – February 2014
MG Terry Ferrell, February 2014 – August 2014
MG Thomas S. James Jr., August 2014 – July 2017
MG Willard M. Burleson, July 2017 – August 2019
MG Xavier T. Brunson, August 2019 – May 2021^[3]
MG Stephen G. Smith, May 2021 – September 2023^[4]
MG Michelle A. Schmidt, September 2023 – October 2025^[5]

References

↑ "History of the 7th Infantry Division: BAYONET!" (PDF). 7th Infantry Division Association. East Meadow, NY. pp. 18–19. Archived from the original on 9 March 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
↑ Armstrong, Michael (14 August 2019). "Brunson takes command of Bayonet Division". Army.mil. Washington, DC: U.S. Army. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
↑ "General Xavier T. Brunson (USA)". Biographies. General Officer Management Office. Archived from the original on 21 March 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
↑ "Lieutenant General Stephen G. Smith (USA)". Biographies. General Officer Management Office. Archived from the original on 6 March 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
↑ "Major General Michelle A. Schmidt (USA)". Biographies. General Officer Management Office. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2025.

[1] "History of the 7th Infantry Division: BAYONET!" (PDF). 7th Infantry Division Association. East Meadow, NY. pp. 18–19. Archived from the original on 9 March 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

[2] Armstrong, Michael (14 August 2019). "Brunson takes command of Bayonet Division". Army.mil. Washington, DC: U.S. Army. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2025.

[3] "General Xavier T. Brunson (USA)". Biographies. General Officer Management Office. Archived from the original on 21 March 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.

[4] "Lieutenant General Stephen G. Smith (USA)". Biographies. General Officer Management Office. Archived from the original on 6 March 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.

[5] "Major General Michelle A. Schmidt (USA)". Biographies. General Officer Management Office. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2025.

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