1st Marine Division Commanding Generals

MajGen Holland M. Smith 1 Feb 1941 - 13 Jun 1941

MajGen Philip H. Torrey 14 Jun 1941 - 22 Mar 1942

MajGen Alexander A. Vandegrift 23 Mar 1942 - 7 Ju1 1943

MajGen William H. Rupertus 8 Jul l943 - 1 Nov 1944

MajGen Pedro A. del Valle 2 Nov 1944 - 8 Aug 1945

MajGen DeWitt Peck 9 Aug 1945 - 9 Jun 1946

MajGen Keller E. Rockey 10 Jun 1946 - 17 Sep 1946

MajGen Samuel L. Howard 18 Sep 1946 - 18 Jun 1947

Col A. B. Lasswell (Acting) 19 Jun 1947 - 6 Jul l947

MajGen Graves B. Erskine 7 Jul 1947 - 25 Ju11950

MajGen Oliver P. Smith 26 Jul 1950 - 23 Feb 1951

BrigGen Lewis B. Puller 24 Feb 1951 - 4 Mar 1951

MajGen Oliver P. Smith 5 Mar 1951 - 26 Apr 1951

MajGen Gerald C. Thomas 27 Apr 1951 - 10 Jan 1952

MajGen John T. Selden 11 Jan 1952 - 28 Aug 1952

MajGen Ewin A. Pollock 29 Aug 1952 - 14 Jun 1953

MajGen Randolph McC. Pate 15 Jun 1953 - 11 May 1954

MajGen Robert H. Pepper 12 May 1954 - 23 Ju1 1954

MajGen Robert E. Hogaboom 24 Ju11954 - 16 Jan 1955

MajGen Merrill B. Twining 17 Jan 1955 - 17 Aug 1956

MajGen Robert O. Bare 18 Aug 1956 - 28 Jun 1957

MajGen David M. Shoup 29 Jun 1957 - 2 Jan 1958

BGen Harvey C. Tschrgi 3 Jan 1958 - 4 Feb 1958

MajGen Edward W. Snedeker 5 Feb 1958 - 7 Oct 1959

BGenThomas F. Riley 8 Oct 1959 - 13 Nov 1959

MajGen Henry R. Paige 14 Nov 1959 - 6 Jun 1961

BGen Frederick E. Leek 7 Jun 1961 - 30 Jun 1961

MajGen James M. Masters, Sr. 1 Ju1 1961 - 14 Jun 1962

MajGen Herman Nickerson, Jr. 15 Jun 1962 - 9 Apr 1963

MajGen W. T. Fairbourn 10 Apr 1963 - 8 Ju11965

BGen Edward H. Hurst 9 Ju1 1965 - 10 Aug 1965

MajGen Lewis J. Fields 11 Aug 1965 - 30 Sep 1966

MajGen Herman Nickerson, Jr. 1 Oct 1966 - 31 May 1967

MajGen Donn J. Robertson 1 Jun 1967 - 27 Jun 1968

MajGen Carl A. Youngdale 28 Jun 1968 - 15 Dec 1968

MajGen Ormond R. Simpson 16 Dec 1968 - 15 Dec 1969

MajGen Edwin B. Wheeler 16 Dec 1969 - 26 Apr 1970

MajGen Charles F. Widdecke 27 Apr 1970 - 29 Apr 1971

MajGen Ross T. Dwyer 30 Apr 1971 - 10 Aug 1972

BGen Adolph G. Schwenk 11 Aug 1972 - 1 May 1973

MajGen Kenneth J. Houghton 2 May 1973 - 12 Aug 1974

BGen William L. McCulloch 13 Aug 1974 - 2 Jun 1975

MajGen Charles D. Mize 3 Jun 1975 - 20 Jul 1976

MajGen Edward A. Wilcox 21 Jul 1976 - 5 Jul 1977

BGen Marc A. Moore 6 Jul 1977 - 7 Aug 1977

MajGen Charles L. Cooper 8 Aug 1977 - 8 Aug 1979

MajGen Francis X. Quinn 9 Aug 1979 - 31 Jul 1980

MajGen James L. Day 1 Aug 1980 - 12 Aug 1982

MajGen Ernest C. Cheatham 13 Aug 1982 - 12 Jun 1985

MajGen Clyde D. Dean 13 Jun 1985 - 23 Apr 1986

BGen Matthew T. Cooper 24 Apr 1986 - 13 Aug 1986

MajGen J. J. McMonagle 14 Aug 1986 - 19 Jun 1988

MajGen John P. Monahan 20 Jul 1988 - 7 Aug 1990

MajGen James M. Myatt 8 Aug 1990 - 8 Jul 1992

Maj Gen Charles E. Wilhelm 9 Ju1 1992 - 21 Jul 1994

MajGen Frank Libutti 22 Jul 1994 - 6 Jun 1996

MajGen John H. Admire 7 Jun 1996 - 24 Jul 1998

MajGen Michael W. Hagee 25 Jul 1998 - 12 May 1999

MajGen Gregory S. Newbold 13 May 1999 - 10 Ju12000

MajGen James T. Conway 11 Ju1 2000 - 1 Aug 2002

MajGen James N. Mattis 2 Aug 2002-19 Aug 2004

MajGen Richard F. Natonski 20 Aug 2004-