3rd Armored Division (United States) - Commanders

Commanders

The 3rd Armored Division had thirty-nine commanders over the course of its history, many of whom went on to four star rank.

  • MG Alvan Cullom Gillem, Jr. (April 1941 – January 1942)
  • MG Walton Harris Walker (January 1942 – August 1942)
  • MG Leroy Hugh Watson (August 1942 – August 1944)
  • MG Maurice Rose (August 1944 – March 1945)
  • BG Doyle O. Hickey (March 1945 – June 1945)
  • BG Truman Everett Boudinot (June 1945 – July 1945)
  • BG Frank A. Allen, Jr. (July 1945)
  • MG Robert W. Grow (July 1945 – November 1945)
  • MG Ray T. Maddocks (July 1947 – April 1948)
  • MG Roderick R. Allen (April 1948 – June 1950)
  • BG Raymond E. S. Williamson (June 1950 – February 1951)
  • MG Ira Platt Swift (February 1951 – July 1951)
  • BG Arthur R. Walk (July 1951 – October 1951)
  • BG Raymond E.S. Williamson (October 1951 – November 1952)
  • BG John T. Cole (November 1952 – December 1952)
  • MG Richard W. Stevens (December 1952 – January 1954)
  • MG Gordon Byrom Rogers (January 1954 – April 1955)
  • MG John Murphy Willems (April 1955 – July 1956)
  • MG Robert W. Porter, Jr. (July 1956 – January 1958)
  • MG Thomas Fraley Van Natta III (January 1958 – July 1959)
  • MG Frederic J. Brown (July 1959 – October 1960)
  • MG Creighton Abrams (October 1960 – May 1962)
  • MG John Ramsey Pugh (May 1962 – February 1964)
  • MG Berton E. Spivy, Jr. (February 1964 – March 1965)
  • MG Walter T. Kerwin, Jr. (March 1965 – October 1966)
  • MG Welborn G. Dolvin (October 1966 – April 1968)
  • MG Donald H. Cowles (April 1968 – August 1969)
  • MG Morgan G. Roseborough (August 1969 – May 1971)
  • MG William R. Kraft, Jr. (May 1971 – March 1973)
  • MG Jonathan R. Burton (March 1973 – June 1975)
  • MG Charles J. Simmons (June 1975 – November 1977)
  • MG Wallace H. Nutting (November 1977 – September 1979)
  • MG Walter F. Ulmer, Jr. (September 1979 – February 1982)
  • MG Thurman E. Anderson (February 1982 – March 1984)
  • MG Richard G. Graves (March 1984 – June 1986)
  • MG Thomas N. Griffin, Jr. (June 1986 – March 1988)
  • MG George Joulwan (March 1988 – July 1989)
  • MG Paul E. Funk (July 1989 – April 1991)
  • MG Jerry R. Rutherford (April 1991 – February 1992)

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