List of commanders of 82nd Airborne Division (United States)

Last updated November 13, 2024

This is a list of commanders of the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army.^[1] The 82nd Airborne Division is one of the oldest divisions in the U.S. Army, having been raised shortly after the American entry into World War I in April 1917 and seeing service in World War I and World War II and many subsequent conflicts.

Major General Eben Swift 25 August – 23 November 1917
Brigadier General William P. Burnham, 27 December 1917 – 3 October 1918
Major General George B. Duncan, 4 October 1918 – 21 May 1919
Brigadier General Walter H. Gordon, 25 October 1921 - 13 July 1922
Brigadier General Abraham G. Lott, 1 March 1928 - 3 September 1929
Brigadier General George H. Estes, 19 September 1929 - 25 August 1933
Colonel Thomas S. Moorman, 25 August 1933 - 12 January 1934
Brigadier General Robert O. Van Horn, 12 January 1934 - 31 August 1939
Colonel William P. Ennis, 1 September 1939 - 31 August 1941
Major General Omar N. Bradley, 23 March – 25 June 1942
Major General Matthew B. Ridgway, 26 June 1942 – 27 August 1944
Major General James M. Gavin, 28 August 1944 – 26 March 1948
Major General Clovis E. Byers, 27 March 1948 – 18 July 1949
Brigadier General Ridgely Gaither, 19 July – 31 October 1949
Major General Williston B. Palmer, 1 November 1949 – 15 October 1950
Major General Thomas F. Hickey, 16 October 1950 – 31 January 1952
Major General Charles D. W. Canham, 1 February 1952 – 29 September 1952
Major General Gerald J. Higgins, 20 September 1952 – 14 September 1953
Major General Francis W. Farrell, 6 October 1953 – 4 July 1955
Major General Thomas Trapnell 5 July – 13 September 1956
Major General John W. Bowen 14 September 1956 – 27 December 1957
Major General Hamilton H. Howze, 2 January 1958 – 13 June 1959
Major General Dwight E. Beach, 1 July 1959 – 21 April 1961
Major General Theodore J. Conway, 22 April 1961 – 6 July 1962
Major General John L. Throckmorton, 7 July 1962 – 1 February 1964
Major General Robert H. York, 24 February 1964 – 15 July 1965
Major General Joe S. Lawrie, 2 August 1965 – 14 April 1967
Major General Richard J. Seitz, 15 April 1967 – 12 October 1968
Major General John R. Deane Jr., 14 October 1968 – 14 July 1970
Major General George S. Blanchard, 15 July 1970 – 16 July 1972
Major General Frederick J. Kroesen, 17 July 1972 – 7 October 1974
Major General Thomas Tackaberry, 8 October 1974 – 11 October 1976
Major General Roscoe Robinson Jr., 11 October 1976 – 1 December 1978
Major General Guy S. Meloy III, 1 December 1978 – 6 February 1981
Major General James J. Lindsay, 6 February 1981 – 24 June 1983
Major General Edward Trobaugh, 24 June 1983 – 19 June 1985
Major General Bobby B. Porter, 19 June 1985 – 10 January 1986
Major General John W. Foss, 10 January 1986 – 10 October 1986
Brigadier General Raphael J. Hallada, 10 October 1986 – 5 January 1987
Major General Carl W. Stiner, 5 January 1987 – 11 October 1988
Major General James H. Johnson, 11 October 1988 – 29 May 1991
Major General Henry H. Shelton, 29 May 1991 – 21 May 1993
Major General William M. Steele, 21 May 1993 – 10 March 1995
Major General George A. Crocker, 10 March 1995 – 27 November 1996
Major General Joseph K. Kellogg Jr., 27 November 1996 – 31 July 1998
Major General Dan K. McNeill, 31 July 1998 – 19 June 2000
Major General John Vines, August 2000 – October 2002
Major General Charles Swannack, October 2002 – 27 May 2004
Major General William B. Caldwell IV, 27 May 2004 – 7 April 2006
Major General David M. Rodriguez, 7 April 2006 – 21 July 2008
Major General Curtis Scaparrotti, 21 July 2008 – 5 August 2010
Major General James L. Huggins, 5 August 2010 – 5 October 2012
Major General John W. Nicholson Jr., 5 October 2012 – 7 October 2014
Major General Richard D. Clarke Jr., 7 October 2014 – 2 August 2016
Major General Michael E. Kurilla, 2 August 2016 – 2 August 2018
Major General James J. Mingus, 2 August 2018 – 10 July 2020
Major General Christopher T. Donahue, 10 July 2020 – 10 March 2022
Major General Christopher C. LaNeve, 10 March 2022 – 17 November 2023
Major General J. Patrick Work, 17 November 2023 - Present

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↑ Mrozek, Steven J. (1996). 82nd Airborne Division. Nashville, TN: Turner Publishing Company. p. 82. ISBN 9781563113642.

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[1] Mrozek, Steven J. (1996). 82nd Airborne Division. Nashville, TN: Turner Publishing Company. p. 82. ISBN 9781563113642.

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