United States Military Unified Commands
Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief
Fleet Admiral William Daniel Leahy
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1875; d. July 20 1959.
1942 – 1949
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
General of the Army Omar Nelson Bradley
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 12 1893; d. April 8 1981
Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1941. Promoted to Major General, 1942. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1943. Promoted to General, 1945. Promoted to General of the Army, 1950.
1949 – 1953
General Maxwell Davenport Taylor
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1901; d. April 19 1987.
1962 – 1964
General David Charles Jones
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1921; d. August 10 2013.
1978 – 1982
General Colin Luther Powell
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 5 1937; d. October 18 2021.
1989 – 1993
General Mark Alexander Milley
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1958.
2019 – 2023
Commander of United States Central Command
General Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 22 1934; d. December 27 2012.
1988 – 1991
General Tommy Ray Franks
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1945.
2000 – 2003
General David Howell Petraeus
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 7 1952.
2008 – 2010
General James Norman “Jim” Mattis
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1950.
2010 – 2013
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
General Matthew Bunker Ridgway
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1895; d. July 26 1993.
1951 – 1952
Commander of United States Joint Forces Command
General James Norman “Jim” Mattis
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1950.
2007 – 2010
Commander of the Joint Special Operations Command
Lieutenant General Stanley Allen McChrystal
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 14 1954.
2003 – 2008
Commander of United States Southern Command
General Paul Francis Gorman
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 25 1927; d. January 19 2026.
1983 – 1985
General Wesley Kanne Clark
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 1944.
1996 – 1997
General John Francis Kelly
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1950.
2012 – 2016
Director of the United States Defense Intelligence Agency
Lieutenant General James Robert Clapper, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1941.
1991 – 1995
Director of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
James Robert Clapper, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1941.
2001 – 2006
United States Army
High Command of the United States Army
Commander in Chief of the Continental Army
General George Washington
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 22 1732; d. December 14 1799.
1775 – 1783
Senior Officer of the United States Army
Major General Henry Knox
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1750; d. October 25 1806.
1783 – 1784
Brigadier General Josiah Harmar
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 10 1753; d. August 20 1813.
1784 – 1791
Major General Arthur St. Clair
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 23 1737; d. August 31 1818.
1791 – 1792
Major General Anthony Wayne
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1745; d. December 15 1796.
1792 – 1796
Brigadier General James Wilkinson
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 24 1757; d. December 28 1825.
1796 – 1798
Lieutenant General George Washington
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 22 1732; d. December 14 1799.
1798 – 1799
Major General Alexander Hamilton
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1755/1757; d. July 12 1804.
1799 – 1800
Brigadier General James Wilkinson
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 24 1757; d. December 28 1825.
1800 – 1812
Major General Henry Dearborn
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 23 1751; d. June 6 1829.
1812 – 1815
Major General Jacob Jennings Brown
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 9 1775; d. February 24 1828.
1815 – 1821
Commanding General of the United States Army
Major General Jacob Jennings Brown
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 9 1775; d. February 24 1828.
1821 – 1828
Major General Alexander Macomb
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 3 1782; d. June 25 1841.
1828 – 1841
Lieutenant General Winfield Scott
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 13 1786; d. May 29 1866.
1841 – 1861
Major General George Brinton McClellan
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 3 1826; d. October 29 1885.
1861 – 1862
Major General Henry Wager Halleck
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1815; d. January 9 1872.
1862 – 1864
General of the Army Ulysses S. Grant
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 27 1822; d. July 23 1885
Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1861. Promoted to Major General, 1863. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1864. Promoted to General of the Army, 1866. Retired from the military, 1869.
1864 – 1869
General of the Army William Tecumseh Sherman
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 8 1820; d. February 14 1891.
1869 – 1883
Lieutenant General Philip Henry Sheridan
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 6 1831; d. August 5 1888.
1883 – 1888
Lieutenant General John McAllister Schofield
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 29 1831; d. March 4 1906.
1888 – 1895
Lieutenant General Nelson Appleton Miles
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 8 1839; d. May 15 1925.
1895 – 1903
Chief of Staff of the United States Army
Lieutenant General Adna Romanza Chaffee
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 14 1842; d. November 1 1914.
1904 – 1906
Major General James Franklin Bell
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1856; d. January 8 1919.
1906 – 1910
General Tasker Howard Bliss
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1853; d. November 9 1930.
1917 – 1918
General of the Armies John Joseph “Black Jack” Pershing
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1860; d. July 15 1948.
1921 – 1924
General of the Army George Catlett Marshall, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1880; d. October 16 1959.
1939 – 1945
General of the Army Dwight David Eisenhower
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1890; d. March 28 1969
Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1941. Promoted to Major General, 1942. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1942. Promoted to General, 1943. Promoted to General of the Army, 1944.
1945 – 1948
General Omar Nelson Bradley
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 12 1893; d. April 8 1981
Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1941. Promoted to Major General, 1942. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1943. Promoted to General, 1945. Promoted to General of the Army, 1950.
1948 – 1949
General Joseph Lawton Collins
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1896; d. September 12 1987.
1949 – 1953
General Matthew Bunker Ridgway
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1895; d. July 26 1993.
1953 – 1955
General Maxwell Davenport Taylor
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1901; d. April 19 1987.
1955 – 1959
General William Childs Westmoreland
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 26 1914; d. July 18 2005.
1968 – 1972
General Mark Alexander Milley
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1958.
2015 – 2019
Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
General Joseph Lawton Collins
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1896; d. September 12 1987.
1947 – 1949
General Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1924; d. February 20 2010.
1973
Deputy Chief of Staff of the United States Army
Major General George Catlett Marshall, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1880; d. October 16 1959.
1938 – 1939
Commander, United States Army Forces Command
General Mark Alexander Milley
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1958.
2014 – 2015
Commanding General Army Ground Forces
General Joseph Warren “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1883; d. October 12 1946
Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1939. Promoted to Major General, 1940. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1942. Promoted to General, 1944.
1945
Lieutenant General Jacob Loucks Devers
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1887; d. October 15 1979.
1945 – 1948
Adjutant General of the Continental Army
Major General Horatio Lloyd Gates
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 26 1727; d. April 10 1806.
1775 – 1776
Brigadier General George Weedon (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1734; d. 1793.
1777
Timothy Pickering
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1745; d. January 29 1829.
1777 – 1778
Adjutant General of the United States Army
Brigadier General Zebulon Montgomery Pike
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1779; d. April 27 1813.
1813
Brigadier General William Henry Winder
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 18 1775; d. May 24 1824.
1814
Brigadier General Lorenzo Thomas
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1804; d. March 2 1875.
1861 – 1869
Lieutenant General Henry Clark Corbin
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1842; d. September 8 1909.
1898 – 1904
Inspector General of the United States Army
Major General Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand von Steuben
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1730; d. November 28 1794.
1778 – 1784
Major General Alexander Hamilton
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1755/1757; d. July 12 1804.
1798 – 1800
Brigadier General Zebulon Montgomery Pike
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1779; d. April 27 1813.
1813
Brigadier General William Henry Winder
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 18 1775; d. May 24 1824.
1814
Brigadier General Delos Bennett Sackett
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 14 1822; d. March 8 1885.
1881 – 1885
Quartermaster General of the United States Army
Major General Nathanael Greene
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 7 1742; d. June 19 1786.
1778 – 1780
Brigadier General Thomas Sidney Jesup
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 16 1788; d. June 10 1860.
1818 – 1860
Regional United States Army Commands
Commanding General of the United States Army Europe
Lieutenant General Dwight David Eisenhower
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1890; d. March 28 1969
Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1941. Promoted to Major General, 1942. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1942. Promoted to General, 1943. Promoted to General of the Army, 1944.
1942 – 1943
Lieutenant General Frank Maxwell Andrews
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1884; d. May 3 1943.
1943
Lieutenant General Jacob Loucks Devers
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1887; d. October 15 1979.
1943 – 1944
General of the Army Dwight David Eisenhower
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1890; d. March 28 1969
Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1941. Promoted to Major General, 1942. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1942. Promoted to General, 1943. Promoted to General of the Army, 1944.
1944 – 1945
General Joseph Taggart McNarney
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 28 1893; d. February 1 1972.
1945 – 1947
General Lucius Dubignon Clay
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1898; d. April 16 1978.
1947 – 1949
General David D. McKiernan
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1950.
2005 – 2008
Commanding General of the United States Army Pacific
Lieutenant General John Wilson O’Daniel
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 15 1894; d. March 27 1975.
1952 – 1954
Commanding General Southern Defense Command
Lieutenant General Walter Krueger
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 26 1881; d. August 20 1967.
1941 – 1943
Commander of International Security Assistance Force
General David D. McKiernan
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1950.
2008 – 2009
General Stanley Allen McChrystal
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 14 1954.
2009 – 2010
General David Howell Petraeus
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 7 1952.
2010 – 2011
Lieutenant General Mark Alexander Milley
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1958.
2013 – 2014
Commander of U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
General William Childs Westmoreland
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 26 1914; d. July 18 2005.
1964 – 1968
Individual United States Army Commands
Commanding General First United States Army
Major General Fox Conner
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 2 1874; d. October 13 1951.
1936 – 1938
Lieutenant General Omar Nelson Bradley
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 12 1893; d. April 8 1981
Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1941. Promoted to Major General, 1942. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1943. Promoted to General, 1945. Promoted to General of the Army, 1950.
1943 – 1944
Lieutenant General Walter Bedell “Beetle” Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 5 1895; d. August 9 1961
Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1942. Promoted to Major General, 1942. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1944. Promoted to General, 1951.
1949 – 1950
Commanding General Second United States Army
Lieutenant General Lloyd Ralston Fredendall
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1883; d. October 4 1963.
1943 – 1946
Lieutenant General Leonard Townsend Gerow
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 13 1888; d. October 12 1972.
1948 – 1950
Commanding General Third United States Army
Major General George Van Horn Moseley
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1874; d. November 7 1960.
1936 – 1938
Lieutenant General Walter Krueger
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 26 1881; d. August 20 1967.
1941 – 1943
Lieutenant General George Smith Patton, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1885; d. December 21 1945
Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1940. Promoted to Major General, 1941. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1943. Promoted to General, 1945.
1944 – 1945
Lieutenant General Lucian King Truscott, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1885; d. December 21 1945
Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1942. Promoted to Major General, 1942. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1944. Promoted to General, 1954.
1945 – 1946
Lieutenant General Tommy Ray Franks
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1945.
1997 – 2000
Lieutenant General David D. McKiernan
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1950.
2002 – 2004
Commanding General Fourth United States Army
Major General John Porter Lucas
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 14 1890; d. December 24 1949
Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1940. Promoted to Major General, 1941.
1944 – 1945
Commanding General Fifth United States Army
Lieutenant General Mark Wayne Clark
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1896; d. April 17 1984
Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1941. Promoted to Major General, 1942. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1942. Promoted to General, 1945.
1943 – 1944
Lieutenant General Lucian King Truscott, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1885; d. December 21 1945
Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1942. Promoted to Major General, 1942. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1944. Promoted to General, 1954.
1944 – 1945
Commanding General Sixth United States Army
General Walter Krueger
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 26 1881; d. August 20 1967.
1943 – 1946
General Joseph Warren “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1883; d. October 12 1946
Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1939. Promoted to Major General, 1940. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1942. Promoted to General, 1944.
1946
General Mark Wayne Clark
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1896; d. April 17 1984
Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1941. Promoted to Major General, 1942. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1942. Promoted to General, 1945.
1947 – 1949
Commanding General Seventh United States Army
Lieutenant General George Smith Patton, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1885; d. December 21 1945
Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1940. Promoted to Major General, 1941. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1943. Promoted to General, 1945.
1943 – 1944
General David D. McKiernan
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1950.
2005 – 2008
Commanding General Eighth United States Army
Major General Matthew Bunker Ridgway
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1895; d. July 26 1993.
1950 – 1951
General Maxwell Davenport Taylor
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1901; d. April 19 1987.
1953 – 1955
Commanding General Tenth United States Army
General Joseph Warren “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1883; d. October 12 1946
Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1939. Promoted to Major General, 1940. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1942. Promoted to General, 1944.
1945 – 1946
Commanding General Fifteenth United States Army
Lieutenant General Lucian King Truscott, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1885; d. December 21 1945
Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1942. Promoted to Major General, 1942. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1944. Promoted to General, 1954.
1944
Lieutenant General Leonard Townsend Gerow
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 13 1888; d. October 12 1972.
1945
General George Smith Patton, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1885; d. December 21 1945
Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1940. Promoted to Major General, 1941. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1943. Promoted to General, 1945.
1945
Commander of the Army of the Cumberland
Major General William Starke Rosecrans
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 6 1819; d. March 11 1898.
1862 – 1863
Major General George Henry Thomas
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 31 1816; d. March 28 1870.
1863 – 1865
Commander of the Army of the James
Major General Benjamin Franklin Butler
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 5 1818; d. January 11 1893.
1864 – 1865
Commander of the Army of the Mississippi
Major General William Starke Rosecrans
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 6 1819; d. March 11 1898.
1862
Major General John Alexander McClernand
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1812; d. September 20 1900.
1863
Commander of the Military Division of the Missouri
Major General William Tecumseh Sherman
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 8 1820; d. February 14 1891.
1865 – 1869
Commander of the Army of the Ohio
Major General Don Carlos Buell
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 23 1818; d. November 19 1898.
1861 – 1862
Commander of the Army of Northeastern Virginia
Major General Irvin McDowell
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 15 1818; d. May 4 1885.
1861
Commander of the Army of the Potomac
Major General George Brinton McClellan
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 3 1826; d. October 29 1885.
1861 – 1862
Major General Ambrose Everts Burnside
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 23 1824; d. September 13 1881.
1862 – 1863
Major General Joseph Hooker
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 13 1814; d. October 31 1879.
1863
Major General George Gordon Meade
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1815; d. November 6 1872.
1863 – 1865
Commander of the Army of the Tennessee
Major General William Tecumseh Sherman
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 8 1820; d. February 14 1891.
1863 – 1864
United States Navy
Chief of Naval Operations
Admiral William Shepherd Benson
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 25 1855; d. May 20 1932.
1915 – 1919
Admiral William Daniel Leahy
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1875; d. July 20 1959.
1937 – 1939
Fleet Admiral Ernest Joseph King
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 23 1878; d. June 25 1956.
1942 – 1945
Regional Posts
Commander of the East India Squadron
Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 10 1794; d. March 4 1858.
1852 – 1854
Commander of the Asiatic Squadron
Rear Admiral John Rodgers
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 8 1812; d. May 5 1882.
1870 – 1872
Commander of United States Third Fleet
Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 30 1882; d. August 16 1959.
1944 – 1945
United States Air Force
Chief of the United States Army Air Corps
Major General Henry Harley “Hap” Arnold
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1886; d. January 15 1950.
1938 – 1941
Commanding General United States Army Air Forces
General of the Army Henry Harley “Hap” Arnold
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1886; d. January 15 1950.
1941 – 1946
Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
General Curtis Emerson LeMay
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1906; d. October 1 1990.
1961 – 1965
General David Charles Jones
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1921; d. August 10 2013.
1974 – 1978
Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
General Curtis Emerson LeMay
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1906; d. October 1 1990.
1957 – 1961
Commander of the United States Air Forces Europe
General David Charles Jones
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1921; d. August 10 2013.
1971 – 1974
Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Air Command
General Curtis Emerson LeMay
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1906; d. October 1 1990.
1948 – 1957