United States Marine Corps Generals - List of Generals

List of Generals

Entries in the following list of four-star generals are indexed by the numerical order in which each officer was promoted to that rank while on active duty, or by an asterisk (*) if the officer did not serve in that rank while on active duty. Each entry lists the general's name, date of rank, active-duty positions held while serving at four-star rank, number of years of active-duty service at four-star rank (Yrs), year commissioned and source of commission, number of years in commission when promoted to four-star rank (YC), and other biographical notes.

The list is sortable by last name, date of rank, number of years of active-duty service at four-star rank, year commissioned, and number of years in commission when promoted to four-star rank.

# Name Date of rank Position Yrs Commission YC Notes
1 vandegrift !Alexander A. Vandegrift 1945-03-21 !21 Mar 1945
  • Commandant of the Marine Corps, 1944–1947.
 2 1909 (OCS) 36 (1887–1973) Awarded Medal of Honor, 1942.
* geiger !Roy S. Geiger 1947-01-23 !23 Jan 1947
  • (posthumous)
 0 1909 (OCS) 38 (1885–1947)
2 cates !Clifton B. Cates 1948-01-01 !01 Jan 1948
  • Commandant, 1948–1951.
 4 1917 (OCS) 31 (1893–1970)
3 shepherd !Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr. 1952-01-01 !01 Jan 1952
  • Commandant, 1952–1955.
  • Chairman, Inter-American Defense Board, 1956–1959.
 7 1917 (VMI) 35 (1896–1990)
4 pate !Randolph M. Pate 1956-01-01 !01 Jan 1956
  • Commandant, 1956–1959.
 4 1921 (VMI) 35 (1898–1961)
5 shoup !David M. Shoup 1960-01-01 !01 Jan 1960
  • Commandant, 1960–1963.
 4 1926 (ROTC) 34 (1904–1983) Awarded Medal of Honor, 1943.
6 greene !Wallace M. Greene Jr. 1964-01-01 !01 Jan 1964
  • Commandant, 1964–1967.
 4 1930 (USNA) 34 (1907–2003)
7 chapman !Leonard F. Chapman, Jr. 1968-01-01 !01 Jan 1968
  • Commandant, 1968–1971.
 4 1935 (NROTC) 33 (1913–2000) U.S. Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, 1973–1977.
8 walt !Lewis W. Walt 1969-06-02 !02 Jun 1969
  • Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, 1968–1971.
 2 1936 (ROTC) 33 (1913–1989)
9 davis !Raymond G. Davis 1971-03-12 !12 Mar 1971
  • Assistant Commandant, 1971–1972.
 1 1938 (ROTC) 33 (1915–2003) Awarded Medal of Honor, 1950.
10 mccutcheon !Keith B. McCutcheon 1971-07-01 !01 Jul 1971
  • Assistant Commandant, 1971.
 0 1937 (ROTC) 34 (1915–1971)
11 cushman !Robert E. Cushman Jr. 1972-01-01 !01 Jan 1972
  • Commandant, 1972–1975.
 4 1935 (USNA) 37 (1914–1985) Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, 1969–1971.
12 anderson !Earl E. Anderson 1972-03-31 !31 Mar 1972
  • Assistant Commandant, 1972–1975.
 3 1940 (NROTC) 32 (1919– )
13 wilson !Louis H. Wilson Jr. 1975-07-01 !01 Jul 1975
  • Commandant, 1975–1979.
 4 1941 (OCS) 34 (1920–2005) Awarded Medal of Honor, 1944.
14 jaskilka !Samuel Jaskilka 1976-03-04 !04 Mar 1976
  • Assistant Commandant, 1975–1978.
 3 1942 (OCS) 34 (1919–2012)
15 barrow !Robert H. Barrow 1978-07-01 !01 Jul 1978
  • Assistant Commandant, 1978–1979.
  • Commandant, 1979–1983.
 5 1942 (OCS) 36 (1922–2008)
16 mclennan !Kenneth McLennan 1979-07-02 !02 Jul 1979
  • Assistant Commandant & Chief of Staff, 1979–1981.
 3 1945 (OCS) 34 (1925–2005)
17 kelley !Paul X. Kelley 1981-07-01 !01 Jul 1981
  • Assistant Commandant & Chief of Staff, 1981–1983.
  • Commandant, 1983–1987.
 6 1950 (NROTC) 31 (1928– )
18 davis !John K. Davis 1983-07-01 !01 Jul 1983
  • Assistant Commandant, 1983–1986.
 3 1950 (NROTC) 33 (1927– )
19 crist !George B. Crist 1985-11-22 !22 Nov 1985
  • Commander in Chief, United States Central Command, 1985–1988.
 3 1952 (NROTC) 33 (1931– )
20 morgan !Thomas R. Morgan 1986-06-01 !01 Jun 1986
  • Assistant Commandant, 1986–1988.
 2 1952 (NROTC) 34 (1930– )
21 gray !Alfred M. Gray Jr. 1987-07-01 !01 Jul 1987
  • Commandant, 1987–1991.
 4 1952 (OCS) 35 (1928– )
22 went !Joseph J. Went 1988-07-01 !01 Jul 1988
  • Assistant Commandant & Chief of Staff, 1988–1990.
 2 1952 (NROTC) 36 (1930– )
23 dailey !John R. Dailey 1990-08-01 !01 Aug 1990
  • Assistant Commandant & Chief of Staff, 1990–1992.
 2 1956 (NROTC) 34 (1934– ) Associate Deputy Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1992–1999; Director, National Air and Space Museum, 2000–present.
24 mundy !Carl E. Mundy, Jr. 1991-07-01 !01 Jul 1991
  • Commandant, 1991–1995.
 4 1957 (NROTC) 34 (1935– ) President, United Service Organizations, 1996–2000.
25 hoar !Joseph P. Hoar 1991-09-01 !01 Sep 1991
  • Commander in Chief, United States Central Command, 1991–1994.
 3 1957 (NROTC) 34 (1934– )
26 boomer !Walter E. Boomer 1992-09-01 !01 Sep 1992
  • Assistant Commandant, 1992–1994.
 2 1960 (NROTC) 32 (1938– )
27 hearney !Richard D. Hearney 1994-07-15 !15 Jul 1994
  • Assistant Commandant, 1994–1996.
 2 1962 (OCS) 32 (1939– )
28 sheehan !John J. Sheehan 1994-00-00 !1994
  • Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic & Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Command, 1994–1997.
 3 1962 (NROTC) 32 (1940– )
29 krulak !Charles C. Krulak 1995-06-29 !29 Jun 1995
  • Commandant, 1995–1999.
 4 1964 (USNA) 31 (1942– )
30 neal !Richard I. Neal 1996-09-19 !19 Sep 1996
  • Assistant Commandant, 1996–1998.
 2 1965 (NROTC) 31 (1942– )
31 zinni !Anthony C. Zinni 1997-08-08 !08 Aug 1997
  • Commander in Chief, United States Central Command, 1997–2000.
 3 1965 (NROTC) 32 (1943– ) U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East, 2002–2003.
32 wilhelm !Charles E. Wilhelm 1997-09-25 !25 Sep 1997
  • Commander in Chief, United States Southern Command, 1997–2000.
 3 1964 (NROTC) 33 (1941– )
33 dake !Terrence R. Dake 1998-09-05 !05 Sep 1998
  • Assistant Commandant, 1998–2000.
 2 1966 (OCS) 32 (1944– )
34 jones !James L. Jones 1999-06-30 !30 Jun 1999
  • Commandant, 1999–2003.
  • Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander, United States European Command, 2003–2006.
 7 1967 (NROTC) 32 (1943– ) National Security Advisor, 2009–2010.
35 pace !Peter Pace 2000-09-08 !08 Sep 2000
  • Commander in Chief, United States Southern Command, 2000–2001.
  • Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2001–2005.
  • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2005–2007.
 7 1967 (USNA) 33 (1945– ) Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2008.
36 fulford !Carlton W. Fulford, Jr. 2000-10-01 !01 Oct 2000
  • Deputy Commander in Chief, United States European Command, 2000–2002.
 2 1966 (USNA) 34 (1944– )
37 williams !Michael J. Williams 2000-11-01 !01 Nov 2000
  • Assistant Commandant, 2000–2002.
 2 1967 (USNA) 33 (1943– )
38 nyland !William L. Nyland 2002-09-04 !04 Sep 2002
  • Assistant Commandant, 2002–2005.
 3 1968 (NROTC) 34 (1946– )
39 hagee !Michael W. Hagee 2003-01-14 !14 Jan 2003
  • Commandant, 2003–2006.
 3 1968 (USNA) 35 (1944– )
40 cartwright !James E. Cartwright 2004-09-01 !01 Sep 2004
  • Commander, United States Strategic Command, 2004–2007.
  • Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2007–2011.
 7 1971 (NROTC) 33 (1949– )
41 magnus !Robert Magnus 2005-11-01 !01 Nov 2005
  • Assistant Commandant, 2005–2008.
 3 1969 (NROTC) 36 (1947– )
42 conway !James T. Conway 2006-11-13 !13 Nov 2006
  • Commandant, 2006–2010.
 4 1970 (OCS) 36 (1947– )
43 mattis !James N. Mattis 2007-11-07 !09 Nov 2007
  • Supreme Allied Commander Transformation and Commander, United States Joint Forces Command, 2007–2009.
  • Commander, United States Joint Forces Command, 2009–2010.
  • Commander, United States Central Command, 2010–present.
 5 1972 (OCS) 35 (1950– )
44 amos !James F. Amos 2008-07-02 !02 Jul 2008
  • Assistant Commandant, 2008–2010.
  • Commandant, 2010–present.
 4 1970 (NROTC) 38 (1946– ) First naval aviator to become commandant.
45 dunford !Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. 2010-10-23 !23 Oct 2010
  • Assistant Commandant, 2010–present.
  • Commander, International Security Assistance Force/Commander, U.S. Forces - Afghanistan (COMISAF/COMUSFOR-A)
 2 1977 (OCS) 33 (1955– )
46 allen !John R. Allen 2011-07-18 !18 Jul 2011
  • Commander, International Security Assistance Force/Commander, U.S. Forces - Afghanistan (COMISAF/COMUSFOR-A), 2011–present.
  • Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander, United States European Command
 1 1976 (USNA) 35 (1954– )
-- kelly !John F. Kelly 2012-13-00 !
  • Commander, United States Southern Command
 -- 1976 (OCS) -- (195?– )
-- paxton !John M. Paxton, Jr. 2013-13-00 !
  • Assistant Commandant
 -- 1974 (OCS) -- (1951– )

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