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List of commanders of 7th Infantry Division (United States)
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September 03, 2025
Shoulder sleeve insignia of the US 7th Infantry Division.
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 Antonio 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 – present
[
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
.
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