This is a list of commanders of the US 2nd Infantry Division of the United States Army.
This is a list of commanders of the US 2nd Infantry Division of the United States Army.
| Name | From | To | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| BGen Charles A. Doyen | 26 October 1917 | November 1917 | World War I (United States Marine Corps) |
| MG Omar Bundy | 8 November 1917 | July 1918 | World War I |
| MG James G. Harbord | 15 July 1918 | August 1918 | World War I (BGen Wendell C. Neville, USMC, was ad interim from 17–22 July 1919 [1] ) |
| MajGen John A. Lejeune | August 1918 | December 1919 | World War I (United States Marine Corps) (28 July 1918) (ad interim 26 July) |
| COL Harry A. Eaton | December 1919 | March 1920 | |
| MG James G. Harbord | March 1920 | July 1921 | |
| MG John L. Hines | July 1921 | October 1921 | |
| BG Edward Mann Lewis | October 1921 | December 1922 | Spanish–American War, World War I led 3rd Brigade 2nd Div. Battle of Chateau-Thierry, later the 30th Infantry Division Battle of St. Quentin Canal |
| BG Dennis E. Nolan | December 1922 | June 1923 | |
| BG Benjamin A. Poore | June 1923 | July 1923 | |
| MG Ernest Hinds | July 1923 | October 1924 | |
| BG Preston Brown | October 1924 | April 1925 | |
| MG Paul B. Malone | April 1925 | June 1926 | |
| MG William D. Connor | June 1926 | December 1927 | |
| BG Thomas Q. Donaldson | December 1927 | February 1928 | |
| BG Harold B. Fiske | February 1928 | March 1928 | |
| BG Albert J. Bowley | March 1928 | April 1929 | |
| BG Samuel D. Rockenbach | April 1929 | November 1929 | |
| MG Halstead Dorey | December 1933 | May 1934 | |
| BG Charles R. Howland | May 1934 | February 1935 | |
| MG Frank C. Bolles | March 1935 | July 1935 | |
| BG Alexander T. Ovenshine | July 1935 | April 1936 | |
| MG Charles E. Kilbourne | April 1936 | May 1936 | |
| BG Alexander T. Ovenshine | May 1936 | July 1936 | |
| MG Herbert J. Brees | July 1936 | October 1936 | |
| MG James K. Parsons | October 1936 | May 1938 | |
| MG Frank W. Rowell | May 1938 | March 1939 | |
| MG Walter Krueger | March 1939 | October 1940 | |
| MG James L. Collins | October 1940 | March 1941 | |
| BG Edmund L. Daley | March 1941 | April 1941 | |
| BG John N. Greely | April 1941 | November 1941 | |
| MG John C. H. Lee | 6 November 1941 | 8 May 1942 | World War II |
| MG Walter M. Robertson | 9 May 1942 | June 1945 | World War II |
| BG William K. Harrison | June 1945 | September 1945 | World War II |
| MG Edward M. Almond | September 1945 | May/June 1946 | |
| MG Paul W. Kendall | May/June 1946 | 24 May 1948 | |
| BG Ira P. Swift | 25 May 1948 | 29 June 1948 | |
| MG Harry J. Collins | 30 June 1948 | April 1950 | |
| MG Laurence B. Keiser | April 1950 | December 1950 | |
| MG Robert B. McClure | December 1950 | January 1951 | |
| MG Clark L. Ruffner | January 1951 | August 1951 | |
| BG Thomas E. deShazo | August 1951 | September 1951 | |
| MG Robert N. Young | September 1951 | May 1952 | |
| MG James C. Fry | May 1952 | May 1953 | |
| MG William L. Barriger | May 1953 | March 1954 | |
| MG John F. R. Seitz | March 1954 | August 1954 | |
| MG Robert L. Howze Jr. | August 1954 | September 1954 | |
| MG Thomas S. Timberman | September 1954 | August 1955 | |
| MG Paul L. Freeman, Jr. | August 1955 | August 1956 | |
| MG James F. Collins | August 1956 | February 1957 | |
| BG John F. Ruggles | February 1957 | February 1957 | |
| MG Gilman C. Mudgett | February 1957 | June 1958 | |
| BG Miller O. Perry | June 1958 | July 1958 | |
| MG Robert H. Wienecke | July 1958 | February 1960 | |
| BG Miller O. Perry | February 1960 | February 1960 | |
| BG William L. Hardick | February 1960 | March 1960 | |
| MG Frederick W. Gibb | March 1960 | June 1961 | |
| BG William L. Hardick | June 1961 | July 1961 | |
| BG Charles H. White | July 1961 | August 1961 | |
| BG Royal Reynolds Jr. | August 1961 | August 1961 | |
| MG Charles H. Chase | August 1961 | September 1962 | |
| MG Charles Billingslea | September 1962 | September 1964 | |
| MG John H. Chiles | September 1964 | July 1965 | |
| MG Hugh M. Exton | July 1965 | August 1965 | |
| BG Robert R. Williams | August 1965 | August 1965 | |
| MG John H. Chiles | August 1965 | July 1966 | |
| MG George B. Pickett Jr. | July 1966 | May 1967 | |
| MG Frank C. Izenour | May 1967 | June 1968 | |
| MG Leland G. Cagwin | June 1968 | September 1969 | |
| MG Salve H. Matheson | September 1969 | October 1970 | |
| MG Gilbert H. Woodward | October 1970 | October 1971 | |
| MG Jeffery C. Smith | October 1971 | May 1973 | |
| MG Henry E. Emerson | May 1973 | May 1975 | |
| MG J. R. Thurman | May 1975 | June 1976 | |
| MG Morris J. Brady | June 1976 | January 1978 | |
| MG David E. Grange, Jr. | January 1978 | June 1979 | |
| MG Robert C. Kingston | June 1979 | June 1981 | |
| MG James H. Johnson | June 1981 | November 1982 | |
| BG Lee D. Brown | November 1982 | December 1982 | |
| BG Harison H. Williams | December 1982 | December 1982 | |
| MG James H. Johnson | December 1982 | July 1983 | |
| MG Henry Doctor | July 1983 | August 1985 | |
| MG Gary E. Luck | August 1985 | December 1986 | |
| MG Jack B. Farris | December 1986 | June 1988 | |
| MG Jack D. Woodall | June 1988 | November 1989 | |
| MG Caryl G. Marsh | November 1989 | June 1991 | |
| MG James T. Scott | June 1991 | May 1993 | |
| MG John N. Abrams | May 1993 | March 1995 | |
| MG Tommy R. Franks | March 1995 | May 1997 | |
| MG Michael B. Sherfield | May 1997 | September 1998 | |
| MG Robert F. Dees | September 1998 | September 2000 | |
| MG Russel L. Honoré | September 2000 | July 2002 | |
| MG John R. Wood | July 2002 | September 2004 | |
| MG George A. Higgins | September 2004 | May 2006 | |
| MG James A. Coggin | May 2006 | November 2007 | |
| MG John W. Morgan III | November 2007 | October 2009 | |
| MG Michael S. Tucker | October 2009 | September 2011 | |
| MG Edward C. Cardon | September 2011 | June 2013 | |
| MG Thomas S. Vandal | June 2013 | April 2015 | |
| MG Theodore D. Martin | April 2015 | 18 July 2017 | |
| MG D. Scott McKean | 18 July 2017 | 17 July 2019 | |
| MG Steven W. Gilland | 17 July 2019 | 18 May 2021 | |
| MG David A. Lesperance | 18 May 2021 | 15 May 2023 | |
| MG William D. Taylor | 15 May 2023 | 21 June 2024 | |
| MG Charles T. Lombardo | 21 June 2024 | present | |
| Name | From | To | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| SGM Hughie Stover | July 1965 | August 1965 | (Reflagged from 1CD in Korea. Term as 2ID SGM starts at reflagging.) |
| SGM Robert L. Brown | August 1965 | May 1966 | |
| SGM Othon O. Valent | May 1966 | September 1967 | |
| SGM John A. Beckham | September 1967 | March 1968 | |
| CSM G.H. Cottrell | March 1968 | February 1969 | |
| CSM Robert M. Rowsey | February 1969 | February 1970 | |
| CSM Tobin | February 1970 | December 1970 | |
| CSM Jerome J. Szafranski | December 1970 | December 1971 | |
| CSM Wiliam O. Marshall | December 1971 | December 1972 | |
| CSM Warren S. Eichelberger | December 1972 | May 1974 | |
| CSM George H. Hamil | May 1974 | December 1974 | |
| CSM James P. Meade | December 1974 | October 1976 | |
| CSM Jose Q. Salas | October 1976 | September 1977 | |
| CSM Ralph Pritcher | September 1977 | December 1978 | |
| CSM Robert J. Berry | December 1978 | February 1980 | |
| CSM Rosvelt Martain | February 1980 | July 1980 | |
| CSM Willie Pitts Jr. | July 1980 | December 1980 | |
| CSM Donald L. Melvin | December 1980 | October 1981 | |
| CSM Simon Ramos | October 1981 | June 1982 | |
| CSM William J. McBride | June 1982 | July 1983 | |
| CSM Lee S. Rodriguez | July 1983 | November 1984 | |
| CSM Bobby C. Boothe | November 1984 | October 1986 | |
| CSM Billy R. Finney | October 1986 | April 1988 | |
| CSM Jimmie W. Spencer | April 1988 | January 1990 | |
| CSM William H. Acebes | January 1990 | December 1991 | |
| CSM Robert E. Hall | December 1991 | November 1993 | **(Later became 11th SMA 21 October 1997) |
| CSM John J. Beck | November 1993 | June 1994 | |
| CSM John W. Jones | June 1994 | January 1996 | |
| CSM Charles Jackson | January 1996 | June 1997 | |
| CSM Charles Fitzpatrick | June 1997 | September 2000 | |
| CSM Barry Wheeler | September 2000 | November 2002 | |
| CSM James Lucero | November 2002 | August 2005 | |
| CSM James A. Benedict | August 2005 | October 2006 | |
| CSM Brian Stall | October 2006 | September 2008 | |
| CSM Peter D. Burrowes | November 2008 | January 2011 | |
| CSM Michael P. Eyer | January 2011 | February 2013 | |
| CSM Andrew J. Spano | February 2013 | October 2015 | |
| CSM Edward W. Mitchell | October 2015 | 1 December 2017 | |
| CSM Phil K. Barretto | 1 December 2017 | July 2020 | |
| CSM Shawn F. Carns | July 2020 | 20 April 2022 | |
| CSM Kenneth R. Franco | 20 April 2022 | Present | |