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

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

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.