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Regimental Commanders

First American Regiment/Regiment of Infantry/1st Sub-Legion/1st Infantry 1784-1815

1784-1790    Brigadier General Josiah Harmar
[1789-1792, Regiment of Infantry]
1790-1803    Colonel John F. Hamtramck
[1792-1796, Infantry of the 1st Sub-Legion/1796-1815, 1st Infantry]
1803-1808    Colonel Thomas Hunt
1808-1815    Colonel Jacob Kingsbury

3d Regiment 1815-1957, 2004-Present
1815-1818    Colonel John Miller
1818-1821    Colonel Joseph Lee Smith
1821-1825    Colonel Ninian Pinkney
1825-1834    Colonel Henry Leavenworth
1834-1840    Colonel James B. Many
1840-1851    Lieutenant Colonel Ethan Allen Hitchcock
1851-1855    Colonel Thomas Staniford
1855-1861    Colonel Benjamin L. E. Bonneville
1861-1862    Colonel Charles F. Smith
1862-1869    Colonel William Hoffman
[March 1869-December 1870, Col. George Washington Getty transferred from 37th Infantry, never joining the regiment.]
1871-1879    Colonel DeLancey Floyd-Jones
[March-June 1879, Col. Luther Prentice Bradley named as commander, but never joined the regiment.]
1879-1888    Colonel John R. Brooke
1888-1895    Colonel Edwin C. Mason
1895-1903    Colonel John Henry Page
[July-September 1903, Col. Samuel R. Whitall named as commander, but never joined the regiment.]
1903-1904    Colonel H. L. Haskell
1904-1910    Colonel T. C. Woodbury
1910-1914    Colonel Henry Kirby
1914-1915    Colonel William A. Mann
1915-1917    Colonel Robert L. Hirst
1917-1918    Colonel Frederick R. Day
1918-1919    Colonel Gustave A. Weiser
1919-1921    Colonel Paul Giddings
1921-1923    Colonel Alfred W. Bjornstad
1923-1924    Colonel Elliot Malloy Norton
1924-1925    Colonel William Roderick Sample
1925-1928    Colonel William E. Welsh
1928-1931    Colonel Walter C. Sweeney
1931-1932    Colonel David L. Stone
1932-1934    Colonel Charles J. Nelson
1934-1936    Colonel John Randolph
1936-1937    Colonel Charles F. Thompson
1937-1939    Colonel Martin C. Shallenberger
1939-1940    Colonel Maurice D. Welty
1940-1943    Colonel Paul H. Brown
1943-1944    Colonel Paul N. Starlings
1944-1945    Colonel John S. Moore
1945-1946    Colonel Herbert Vander Heide
1948              Colonel Jesse B. Matlack
1948-1950    Colonel James V. Cole
1950-1952    Colonel William W. Jenna
1952-1954    Colonel Dennis M. Moore
1954-1955    Colonel Robert L. Cook
1955-1956    Colonel Fielder P. Greer
1956-1958    Colonel Mark F. Brennan
[Element in MDW becomes 1st Battle Group, 3rd Infantry in 1957.]

[2004-Separate 1st Battalion and Regimental Headquarters activated as part of reorganization]
2003-2005    Colonel Charles Taylor
2005-2007    Colonel Robert P. Pricone
2007-2009    Colonel Joseph P. Buche
2009-2012    Colonel David P. Anders
2012-2014    Colonel James C. Markert
2014-2016    Colonel Johnny K. Davis
2016-2018    Colonel Jason T. Garkey
2018-            Colonel James J. Tuite IV

Regimental Command Sergeant Majors

Sep 2002-May 2005    CSM Harry Wimbrough
May 2005-May 2007    CSM Craig Roberson
May 2007-Feb 2009    CSM Russell McCray
May 2009-Dec 2010    CSM David Martel
Dec 2010-Nov 2012    CSM Jeffery Stitzel
Nov 2012-Apr 2014    CSM Phillip Cantrell
Apr 2014-Mar 2016    CSM Samuel J. Stoker
Mar 2016-Jun 2018    CSM Scott A. Beeson
Jun 2018-                    CSM Edwin T. Brooks

1st Battalion Commanders

1958-1960    Colonel Christopher W. Chaney
1960-1962    Colonel Richard M. Lee
1962-1963    Colonel John W. Gorn
[Element in MDW becomes 1st Battalion, 3rd Infantry in 1963]
1963-1964    Colonel Richard E. Cross
1964-1968    Colonel Joseph B. Conmy, Jr.
1968-1970    Colonel Robert M. Daugherty
1970-1972    Colonel Myron E. Lee, Jr.
1972-1974    Colonel Harvey H. Perritt, Jr.
1974-1976    Colonel Robert H. Clark
1976-1977    Colonel Robert D. Wiegand
1977-1979    Colonel Donald C. Hilbert
1979-1981    Colonel Stanley G. Bonta
1981-1982    Colonel Don Phillips
1982-1985    Colonel Robert G. Krause
1985-1987    Colonel William R. Williamson
1987-1989    Colonel James F. Hennessee
1989-1991    Colonel Barrie E. Zais
1991-1993    Colonel Joseph F. Hunt
1993-1995    Colonel Stephen A. Nash
1995-1997    Colonel David H. Huntoon, Jr.
1997-1999    Colonel Gregory C. Gardner
1999-2001    Colonel Thomas M. Jordan
2001-2003    Colonel James F. Laufenburg
2003-2004    Colonel Charles Taylor
2004-2005    LTC Thomas H. Roe
2005-2006    LTC Christopher R. Parsons
2006 – Jun 2008    LTC Douglas DeLancey
Jun 2008 – Jun 2010    LTC Robert Forte
Jun 2010 – Jun 2012    LTC Brandon S. Robbins
Jun 2012 – Jun 2014        LTC Slade H. Beaudoin
Jun 2014 – Jun 2016        ​LTC David S. Taylor
Jun 2016 – Apr 2018        LTC Jody Shouse
Apr 2018 – Present          LTC Allen Kehoe

1st Battalion Command Sergeant Majors

Dec 1961-Jul 1963    CSM William Pratt
Jul 1963-Apr 1966    CSM William E. Mashburn
Apr 1966-Aug 1967    CSM Robert B. Bayles
Aug 1967-Jul 1969    CSM James H. Palmer
Jul 1969-Jun 1972    CSM Robert C. Chilton
Jul 1972-Sep 1974    CSM Nathaniel McElroy
Sep 1974-Aug 1976    CSM Joel T. Sandlin
Sep 1976-Jun 1977    CSM James E. Spence
Jul 1977-May 1979    CSM C. Banks
Jun 1979-Sep 1979    CSM Jesse A. Meekins
Sep 1979-Jun 1981    CSM Raymond J. Alegria
Jul 1981-Mar 1983    CSM Glendon H. Sidwell
Mar 1983-Oct 1983    CSM T. R. Faulkner
Oct 1983-Jul 1985    CSM Harold Hunt
Aug 1985-Nov 1987    CSM James D. Randolph
Dec 1987-Jul 1989    CSM William E. Watson
Aug 1989-Oct 1991    CSM Lorenzo Clark
Oct 1991-Apr 1992    CSM William V. McElroy
Apr 1992-Jun 1992    CSM John J. Oktavec
Jun 1992-Sep 1995    CSM Jerome N. Moore
Oct 1995-May 1998    CSM Michael L. Bergman
May 1998-May 2000    CSM Robert L. Phifer
May 2000-Aug 2002    CSM Aubrey Butts
Sep 2002-May 2005    CSM Harry Wimbrough
— Under Research —
???? – May 2012        CSM William Wilder
May 2012 – May 2014        CSM James K. Bodecker
May 2014 – May 2016        CSM Michael Callaghan-McCann
May 2016 – Apr 2018        CSM Jasper C. Johnson
Apr 2018 –            CSM Robert F. Carter

2d Battalion Commanders

19 Jul 1966 – 6 Feb 1967     LTC Louie W. Odom
7 Feb 1967 – 7 Aug 1967        LTC William R. Healey
8 Aug 1967 – 19 Mar 1968    LTC Douglas W. Poage
20 Mar 1968 – 14 Aug 1968    LTC William C. Carper III
15 Aug 1968 – 27 Feb 1969    LTC Manuel J. Asensio, Jr.
28 Feb 1969 – 29 Jun 1969    LTC John A. Mess
30 Jun 1969 – 30 Dec 1969    LTC Bernard Loeffke
31 Dec 1969 – May 1970?    LTC Benjamin F. Ivey, Jr.
May 1970 – 15 Oct 1970        LTC George E. Williams

2002-2005        LTC Jay G. Flowers
2005-2008        LTC Barry Huggins
2008-2010        LTC Adam Rocke
2010-Feb 2013        LTC J.D. Highfill
Feb 2013 – 2015        LTC Jarett D. Broemmel
2015-Mar 2017        LTC Jared Bordwell
Mar 2017 – Feb 2019    LTC Christopher S. Nunn
Feb 2019 – Present LTC Jonathan Fursman

2d Battalion Command Sergeant Majors

2002 – 2003            CSM Jeffrey T. Du
2003 – 2007            CSM Alan D. Bjerke
2007 – 2010            CSM Timothy S. Dotson
Nov 2010 – Feb 2013        CSM Peter Smith
Feb 2013 – Nov 2014        CSM Jason L. Wilson
Nov 2014 – Nov 2016         CSM Joel D. Lundak Jr.
Nov 2016 – Jul 2018        CSM Mark A. Eckstrom
Jul 2018 – Present            CSM Joey Paquin

Vietnam-era info from: http://www.bob-schwaber.com/Redcatcher/BrigadeOfficers.html and http://www.the-old-guard.org/TOG2010/HHC/UNITS/COMMANDERS/

3d Battalion Commanders

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Years Active – 1959-1994

Battalion Commanders
1963 – 1969 – LTC George A. Sellner
1969 – 1972 – LTC George L. Chase
1972 – 1974 – MAJ Fred P. Mischuk
1974 – 1976 – MAJ Raymond H. Orbell
1976 – 1977 – LTC Elmer D. Schwankl
1977 – 1979 – LTC Donald G. Beuhler
1979 – 1981 – LTC Allan J. Gummert
1981 – 1982 – LTC David M. Adamson
1982 – 1984 – LTC Frank E. Moody
1984 –     ???? – MAJ Robert L. August

Battalion Sergeant Majors
1963 – 1966 – MSG Fred H. Jasper
1966 – 1968 – MSG George Daly
1968 – 1974 – CSM Richard G. Munson
1974 – 1977 – CSM Edward C. Lorentz
1977 – 1978 – MSG Lowell D. Larson
1978 – 1980 – SGM James J. Tebbe
1980 – 1983 – SGM Stanley R. Weckworth
1984 – ???? – MSG Jerald A. Spores

4th Battalion Commanders

5 Oct 1970 – 20 Apr 1971    LTC Albert F. Coast – KIA (helicopter mishap)
???? – ~1971            LTC John Shannon (last CO Vietnam era)

???? – ????            LTC Robert Forte
Oct 2008 –            LTC Jaime Martinez
Mar 2011 – Jun 2013        LTC Paul Edgar
Jun 2013 – Jun 2015        LTC Blakeslee A. Connors
Jun 2015 – Aug 2017       LTC Ryan J. Morgan
Aug 2017 –                        LTC Jeffery Burroughs

4th Battalion Command Sergeant Majors

2008 – Jun 2010               CSM Maurice Jackson
Jul 2010 – Nov 2012        CSM Phillip R. Cantrell
Nov 2012 – Oct 2014       CSM Dewayne Blackmon
Oct 2014 – Sep 2016        CSM James Hill
Sep 2016 – Apr 2019       CSM  Lee A. Ward
Apr 2019 – CSM Paul Riedel