24TH iNFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION LOGO

The 24th Infantry Division Association

Founded August 1945 on a Philippine Island beach
 

 

24th Infantry Division Commanding Generals

MG Durward S. Wilson October 1941 – July 1942
MG Frederick A. Irving August 1942 – October 1944
MG Roscoe B. Woodruff November 1944 – November 1945
BG Kenneth F. Cramer November 1945 – December 1945
MG James A. Lester December 1945 – January 1948
MG Albert C. Smith January 1948 – April 1949
MG Anthony C. McAuliffe April 1949 - May 1949
MG William F. Dean June 1949 – July 1950
MG John H. Church July 1950 – January 1951
MG Blackshear H. Bryan January 1951 – December 1951
MG Henry I. Hodges January 1952 – February 1952
BG Paul D. Adams February 1952 – March 1952
BG George W. Smythe March 1952 – October 1952
BG Wilbur E. Dunkelberg October 7-30, 1952
BG Barksdale Hamlet October 1952 – November 1952
MG Charles L. Dasher,  Jr. November 1952 – October 1953
MG Carter B. Magruder November 1953 – January 1954
BG Carl I. Hutton January 1954 – February 1954
MG Paul D. Harkins March 1954 – July 1954
MG Mark McClure July 1954 – June 1955
MG Stanhope B. Mason July 1955 – October 1956
MG Russel L. Vittrup October 1956 – April 1957
BG Charles H. Bonesteel, III April 1957 – May 1957
MG Ralph W. Zwicker May 1957 – October 1957
Division Inactive  October 1957 – July 1958
MG Ralph C. Cooper July 1958 – September 1959
BG Albert Watson, II September 1959 – October 1959
BG Autry J. Maroon October 1959 – November 1959
MG Edwin A. Walker November 1959 – April 1961
BG Harry J. Lenley April 1961 – May 1961
MG Charles H. Bonesteel, III  May 1961 – April 1962
MG Benjamin F. Taylor April 1962 – April 1963
BG William A. Enemark April 1963 – May 1963
MG William A. Cunningham, III May 1963 – July 1965
MG Edward L. Rowny * July 1965 – September 1966
BG Herron M. Maples September 1966 – October 1966
MG Roderick A. Wetherill October 1966 – August 1968
MG Linton S. Boatwright August 1968 – September 1969
MG Robert R. Linville September 1969 – March 1970
Division Inactive April 1970 – September 1975
LG Donald E. Rosenblum * September 1975 – September 1977
LG James B. Vaught * September 1977 – August 1979
MG James F. Cochran III August 1979 – May 1981
Gen. John R. Galvin June 1981 – June 1983
MG H. Norman Schwarzkopf * June 1983 – June 1985
MG Andrew L. Cooley June 1985 – July 1987
MG Micheal F. Sprigelmire July 1987 – September 1988
MG Horace G. Taylor September 1988 – June 1990
MG Barry R. McCaffrey * June 1990 – May 1992
LG Paul E. Blackwell May 1992 – June 1994
MG Joseph E. DeFrancisco June 1994 - May 1996
Deactivated at Ft Stewart, GA 25 April 1996
Reactivated at Ft. Riley Kansas 5 June 1999
MG Freedy E. McFarren 9 June 1999 - 4 August 2000
MG Robert J. St. Onge Jr. 4 August 2000 - 7 November 2001
MG Thomas F. Metz * 7 November 2001- 3 February 2003
BG Frank Helmick [Acting CG] 3 February 2003 - 15 May 2003
BG Dennis E. Hardy 15 May 2003 - 1 August 2006
Deactivated at Ft. Riley Kansas 1 August 2006
  * On Association Roster Oct 2011