Marine Raiders - Commanding Officers

Commanding Officers

List of commanding officers of all Raider units, as listed on the official website.

1st Marine Raider Battalion

  • Lt. Col./Col. Merritt A. Edson (February - May, July - September 1942)
  • Maj./Lt. Col. Samuel B. Griffith (May - July 1942, January - September 1943)
  • Maj. Ira J. Irwin (September 1942 - January 1943)
  • Maj. George W. Herring (September - October 1943)
  • Maj. Charles L. Banks (October 1943 - February 1944)

2nd Marine Raider Battalion

  • Lt. Col. Evans Carlson (February 1942 - March 1943)
  • Lt. Col. Alan Shapley (March - August 1943)
  • Lt. Col. Joseph P. McCaffery (September - November 1943)
  • Maj. Richard T. Washburn (November 1943 - January 1944)

3rd Marine Raider Battalion

  • Lt. Col. Harry B. Liversedge (September 1942 - March 1943)
  • Lt. Col. Samuel S. Yeaton (March - June 1943)
  • Lt. Col. Fred D. Beans (June 1943 - January 1944)

4th Marine Raider Battalion

  • Lt. Col. James Roosevelt (October 1942 - April 1943)
  • Maj. James R. Clark (April - May 1943)
  • Lt. Col. Michael S. Currin (May - September 1943)
  • Maj. Robert H. Thomas (September 1943 - February 1944)

1st Marine Raider Regiment

  • Col. Harry B. Liversedge (March - December 1943)
  • Lt. Col. Samuel D. Puller (December 1943 - January 1944)
  • Lt. Col. Alan Shapley (January - February 1944)

2nd Marine Raider Regiment

  • Lt. Col. Alan Shapley (September 1943 - January 1944)

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