AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE COMMANDERS 1917-1919
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
General John J. Pershing
ARMY COMMANDERS
FIRST ARMY
General John J. Pershing
August 1918-October 1918
LG Hunter Liggett
October 1918-April 1919
SECOND ARMY
MG Robert Bullard
October 1918
LG Robert Bullard
November 1918-April 1919
THIRD ARMY
MG Joseph Dickman
November 1918-April 1919
LG Hunter Liggett
May 1919-August 1919
CORPS COMMANDERS
I CORPS
MG Hunter Liggett
January 1918-October 1918
MG Joseph Dickman
October 1918-November 1918
MG William Wright
November 1918-March 1919
II CORPS
None (C of S acted for Pershing)
February 1918-June 1918
MG George Read
June 1918-February 1919
III CORPS
None (C of S acted for Pershing)
March 1918-June 1918
MG William Wright
June 1918-July 1918
MG Robert Bullard
July 1918-October 1918
MG John Hines
October 1918-July 1919
IV CORPS
None (C of S acted for Pershing)
June 1918-August 1918
MG Joseph Dickman
August 1918-October 1918
MG Charles Muir
October 1918-April 1919
MG Charles Summerall
May 1919
V CORPS
MG William Wright
July 1918-August 1918
MG George Cameron
August 1918-October 1918
MG Charles Summerall
October 1918-February 1919
VI CORPS
MG Omar Bundy
August 1918-September 1918
None (C of S acted for Pershing)
September 1918-October 1918
MG Charles Ballou
October 1918-November 1918
MG Charles Menoher
November 1918-December 1918
MG Charles Martin
December 1918
MG George Bell
December 1918
MG Adelbert Cronkhite
January 1919-April 1919
MG George Bell
April 1919
VII CORPS
MG William Wright
August 1918-September 1918
None (C of S acted for Pershing)
September 1918
MG Omar Bundy
September 1918-October 1918
None (C of S acted for Pershing)
October 1918-Novemebr 1918
MG William Hoan
November 1918-April 1919
MG Henry Allen
May 1919
VIII CORPS
MG Henry Allen
November 1918-April 1919
Mg Walter Gordon
April 1919
IX CORPS
MG Adlebert Cronkhite
November 1918-January 1919
MG Charles Summerall
February 1919-April 1919
DIVISION COMMANDERS
(Divisions Actually
Reaching
(Some Served as Depot/Replacement Units, Others in Combat)
FIRST DIVISION
BG William Sibert
June 1917
MG William Sibert
June 1917-December 1917
MG Robert Bullard
December 1917-July 1918
MG Charles Summerall
July 1918-October 1918
BG Frank Parker
October 1918-Novemebr 1918
MG Edward McGlachlin
November 1918-August 1919
SECOND DIVISION
BG Charles Doyen, USMC
October 1917-November 1917
MG Omar Bundy
November 1917-July 1918
MG James Harbord
July 1918
BG John Lejeune, USMC
July 1918
MG John Lejeune, USMC
August 1918-August 1919
THIRD DIVISION
MG Joseph Dickman
November 1917-August 1918
MG Beaumont Buck
August 1918-October 1918
BG Preston Brown
October 1918-November 1918
MG Robert Howze
October 1918-August 1919
FOURTH DIVISION
BG George Cameron
December 1917
MG George Cameron
December 1917-August 1918, October 1918
MG John Hines
August 1918-October 1918
MG Mark Hersey
October 1918-Novemebr 1918, November 1918-June 1919
MG Robert Howze
November 1918
BG Benjamin Poore (ad interim)
June 1919-August 1919
FIFTH DIVISION
MG Charles Muir
December 1917
BG John McMahon
January 1918-February 1918
MG John McMahon
February 1918-October 1918
MG Hanson Ely
August 1918-July 1919
SIXTH DIVISION
Col Charles Tayman (ad interim)
November 1917-December 1917
BG James Irwin
December 1917-August 1918
MG Walter Gordon
August 1918-June 1919
SEVENTH DIVISION
BG Charles Barth
January 1918-October 1918
MG Edward Wittenmyer
October 1918-June 1919
EIGHTH DIVISION
Various officers (ad interim)
January 1918-March 1918
MG John Morrison
March 1918-June 1918
BG Joseph Leitch (ad interim)
June 1918-July 1918, August 1918-September 1918
MG William Graves
July 1918-August 1918
MG Eli Helmick
September 1918-July 1919
TWENTY-SIXTH DIVISION
MG Clarence Edwards
August 1917-October 1918
BG Frank Bamford
October 1918-November 1918
MG Harry Hale
November 1918-April 1919
TWENTY-SEVENTH DIVISION
MG John O’Ryan
July 1917-March 1919
TWENTY-EIGHTH DIVISION
MG Charles Clement
August 1917-December 1917
MG Charles Muir
December 1917-October 1918, April 1919-May 1919
MG William Hay
October 1918-April 1919
TWENTY-NINTH DIVISION
BG Charles Barber
July 1917-August 1917
MG Charles Morton
August 1917-May 1919
THIRTIETH DIVISION
MG John Morrison
August 1917-September 1917
BG William Scott (ad interim)
September 1917-October 1917
MG Clarence Townsley
October 1917-December 1917
Various officers (ad interim)
December 1917-May 1918
MG George Read
May 1918-June 1918
MG Edward Lewis
July 1918-March 1919
BG Samuel Faison
March 1919-May 1919
THIRTY-FIRST DIVISION
MG Francis Kernan
August 1917-September 1917
Various officers (ad interim)
September 1917-March 1918
MG Francis French
March 1918-May 1918
MG Leroy Lyon
May 1918-September 1918
BG Walter Harris
September 1918-November 1918
THIRTY-SECOND DIVISION
MG James Parker
August 1917-December 1917
BG William Haan
December 1917-February 1918
MG William Haan
February 1918-November 1918, April 1919-May 1919
MG William Lassiter
November 1918-April 1919
THIRTY-THIRD DIVISION
MG George Bell
August 1917-June 1919
THIRTY-FOURTH DIVISION
MG Augustus Blockson
August 1917-May 1918
Various officers (ad interim)
May 1918-October 1918
MG Beaumont Buck
October 1918
BG John Johnston (ad interim)
October 1918-November 1918
THIRTY-FIFTH DIVISION
MG William Wright
August 1917-June 1918, March 1919-May 1919
BG Nathaniel McClure
June 1918-July 1918
MG Peter Traub
July 1918-December 1918
BG Thomas Dugan
December 1918-March 1919
THIRTY-SIXTH DIVISION
MG Edwin St. John Greble
August 1917-July 1918
MG William Smith
July 1918-June 1919
THIRTY-SEVENTH DIVISION
BG William Smith
August 1917
MG Charles Treat
September 1917-April 1918
MG Charles Farnsworth
May 1918-April 1919
Various officers (ad interim)
April 1919-June 1919
THIRTY-EIGHTH DIVISION
MG William Sage
August 1917-September 1917, December 1917-April 1918
Various officers (ad interim)
September 1917-December 1917, April 1918-August 1918
MG Robert Howze
August 1918-November 1918
THIRTY-NINTH DIVISION
MG Henry Hodges
August 1917-November 1918
FORTIETH DIVISION
MG Frederick Strong
August 1917-April 1919
FORTY-FIRST DIVISION
MG Hunter Liggett
September 1917-January 1918
BG Robert Alexander
February 1918-August 1918
BG William Scott
August 1918-October 1918
MG John McMahon
October 1918
BG Eli Cole, USMC
October 1918-December 1918
MG Peter Traub
December 1918-February 1919
FORTY-SECOND DIVISION
MG William Mann
September 1917-December 1917
MG Charles Menoher
December 1917-November 1918
BG Douglas MacArthur
November 1918
MG Clement Flagler
November 1918-March 1919
MG George Read
April 1919
SEVENTY-SIXTH DIVISION
MG Harry Hodge
August 1917-November 1918
LTC W. Wills
November 1918
LTC William Danks
November 1918-December 1918
SEVENTY-SEVENTH DIVISION
MG J. Franklin Bell
August 1917-December 1917, March 1918
Various officers (ad interim)
December 1917-March 1918, March 1918-May 1918
MG George Duncan
May 1918-August 1918
MG Robert Alexander
August 1918-May 1919
SEVENTY-EIGHTH DIVISION
MG Chase Kennedy
August 1917-November 1917
Various officers (ad interim)
November 1917-January 1918
MG Hugh Scott
January 1918-March 1918
BG James McRae
April 1918
MG James McRae
April 1918-June 1919
SEVENTY-NINTH DIVISION
MG Joseph Kuhn
August 1917-May 1919
EIGHTIETH DIVISION
BG Herman Hall (ad interim)
August 1917-September 1917
MG Adelbert Cronkhite
September 1917-November 1917, March 1918-November 1918, April 1919-May 1919
Various officers (ad interim)
November 1917-February 1918
MG Samuel Sturgis
November 1918-April 1919
EIGHTY-FIRST DIVISION
MG Charles Barth
August 1917-October 1917
MG Charles Bailey
October 1917-November 1917, March 1918-May 1919
Various officers (ad interim)
November 1917-March 1918
EIGHTY-SECOND DIVISION
MG Eben Swift
August 1917-November 1917
Various officers (ad interim)
November 1917-March 1918
BG William Burnham
March 1918-May 1918
MG William Burnham
May 1918-October 1918
MG George Duncan
October 1918-May 1919
EIGHTY-THIRD DIVISION
MG Edwin Glenn
August 1917-May 1919
EIGHTY-FOURTH DIVISION
BG Wilber Wilder (ad interim)
August 1917-October 1917, November 1917-March 1918
MG Harry Hale
October 1917-November 1917, March 1918-November 1918
EIGHTY-FIFTH DIVISION
MG Joseph Dickman
August 1917-November 1917
MG James Parker
December 1917-February 1918
MG Charles Kennedy
February 1918-April 1919
EIGHTY-SIXTH DIVISION
MG Thomas Barry
August 1917-November 1917, February 1918-March 1918
BG Lyman Kennon (ad interim)
November 1917-February 1918, March 1918-April 1918
MG Charles Martin
April 1918-October 1918
Various officers (ad interim)
October 1918-November 1918
EIGHTY-SEVENTH DIVISION
MG Samuel Sturgis
August 1917-November 1917, March 1918-November 1918
BG Robert Van Vliet (ad interim)
November 1917-March 1918
BG William Martin
November 1918-February 1919
EIGHTY-EIGHTH DIVISION
MG Edward Plummer
August 1917-November 1917, February 1918-March 1918
BG Robert Getty (ad interim)
November 1917-February 1918, March 1918-May 1918
BG William Beach (ad interim)
May 1918-September 1918
MG William Weigel
September 1918-June 1919
EIGHTY-NINTH DIVISION
MG Leonard Wood
August 1917-September 1917, April 1918-June 1918
Various officers (ad interim)
November 1917-April 1918
BG Frank Winn
June 1918-September 1918
MG William Wright
September 1918-November 1918
MG Frank Winn
November 1918-June 1919
NINETIETH DIVISION
MG Henry Allen
August 1917-November 1917, March 1918-November 1918
Various officers (ad interim)
November 1917-March 1918
MG Charles Martin
December 1918-June 1919
NINETY-FIRST DIVISION
MG Henry Greene
August 1917-November 1917, March 1918-June 1918
Various officers (ad interim)
November 1917-March 1918, June 1918-August 1918, April 1919-May 1919
MG William Johnston
August 1918-April 1919
NINETY-SECOND DIVISION
BG Charles Ballou
October 1917-December 1917
MG Charles Ballou
December 1917-November 1918
MG Charles Martin
November 1918-December 1918
BG James Erwin
December 1918-February 1919
NINETY-THIRD DIVISION
BG Roy Hoffman
December 1917-May 1918
DIVISION COMMANDERS
(Divisions Formed
Which Never Reached
(Some were fully organized; others were mere “paper” divisions)
NINTH DIVISION
July 1918-September 1918
MG Willard Holbrook
September 1918-February 1919
TENTH DIVISION
MG Leonard Wood
August 1918-February 1919
ELEVENTH DIVISION
BG Joseph Gaston
August 1918
MG Jesse Carter
August 1918-February 1919
TWELFTH DIVISION
MG Henry McCain
August 1918-February 1919
THIRTEENTH DIVISION
Various officers (ad interim)
July 1918-October 1918
MG Joseph Leitch
October 1918-March 1919
FOURTEENTH DIVISION
July 1918-September 1918
BG Howard Laubach
September 1918-November 1918
MG Grote Hutcheson
November 1918-February 1919
FIFTEENTH DIVISION
August 1918-Septemebr 1918
BG Guy Henry
September 1918-February 1919
SIXTEENTH DIVISION
Various officers (ad interim)
August 1918-September 1918, November 1918-January 1919
MG David Shanks
September 1918-November 1918
MG Guy Carleton
January 1919-March 1919
SEVENTEETH DIVISION
Various officers (ad interim)
August 1918-January 1919
MG Henry Hodges
January 1919-February 1919
EIGHTEENTH DIVISION
BG George Estes
September 1918-February 1919
NINETEENTH DIVISION
September 1918
September 1918-October 1918
BG Benjamin Simmons
October 1918-February 1919
MG Charles Ballou
February 1919
TWENTIETH DIVISION
Various officers (ad interim)
August 1918-September 1918
BG Leroy Sweetser
September 1918-January 1919
MG Henry Hodges
January 1919-February 1919
NINETY-FIFTH DIVISION
September 1918
September 1918
BG Matthew Smith
October 1918-December 1918
NINETY-SIXTH DIVISION
MG Guy Carleton
October 1918-January 1919
NINETY-SEVENTH DIVISION
September 1918-October 1918
BG James Lindsay
October 1918-December 1918
FIFTEETH CAVALRY DIVISION
MG George Read
October 1917-April 1918
BG DeRosey Cabell
April 1918-May 1918
FIRST DIVISION, PHILIPPINE NATIONAL GUARD
MG Francis Harrison, P.N.G.
November 1918-December 1918
BG Frederick Day, P.N.G.
December 1918
SEPARATE/POSTWAR COMMANDERS
(Detachments from AEF/AEF designated units and postwar occupation commands
– technically not part of AEF)
AEF-NORTH
September 1918-April 1919
BG W. P. Richardson
April 1919-August 1919
AEF-SIBERIA
August 1918-September 1918
MG William Graves
September 1918-April 1920
AMERICAN FORCES IN
BG William Connor
September 1919-January 1920
AMERICAN FORCES IN
MG Henry Allen
July 1919-February 1923
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Notes:
I made up this page using information from the Army’s WWI order of battle series when on a lark I looked online for a list of WWI division commanders and could not find a single page with all of them. Not to say it’s not out there – I just couldn’t find it.
Where possible, I have tried to confirm this information, but will readily correct any errors. At some point have lots of time, I may use the same source to list the names of all officers who held brigade commands in the AEF during the war,
not counting those with solely ad interim appointments.
On
this page, I have only listed ad interim appointments when they concerned the
activation or deactivation of a division, or if such appointments would have
left a gap in the record if omitted. Generally speaking, officers holding ad
interim division command were commanders of one of the division’s component
brigades.