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List of commanders of 82nd Airborne Division (United States)
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This is a list of commanders of the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army. 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 James Brailsford Erwin 24 November – 16 December 1917
Brigadier General William P. Burnham 27 December 1917 – 3 October 1918
Major General George B. Duncan 4 October 1918 – 21 May 1919
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 – present
References
Lists of United States military unit commanders
United States Army officers
Infantry divisions of the United States Army
