Past National Commanders

Past National Commanders
Commander	State	Post	Date elected	Born	Died
David K. Rehbein	IA	37	8/28/2008	7/18
Martin F. Conatser	IL	102	8/30/2007	9/30
Paul A. Morin	MA	337	8/31/2006	10/14
Thomas L. Bock	CO	23	8/25/2005	3/10
Thomas P. Cadmus *	MI	155	9/2/2004	9/11
John A. Brieden III	TX	48	8/28/2003	8/5
Ronald F. Conley Sr.	PA	290	8/29/2002	11/21
Richard J. Santos	MD	136	8/30/2001	3/12
Ray G. Smith *	NC	109	9/7/2000	8/30
Alan G. Lance Sr.	ID	113	9/9/1999	4/27
Harold L. “Butch” Miller	VA	364	9/10/1998	9/25
Anthony G. Jordan	ME	54	9/4/1997	4/4
Joseph J. Frank *	MO	777	9/5/1996	10/23
Daniel A. Ludwig	MN	54	9/6/1995	6/12
William Detweiler *	LA	307	9/8/1994	1/28
Bruce Thiesen	CA	191	9/9/1993	10/5
Roger A. Munson *	OH	104	8/27/1992	1/4/1926	4/19/2000
Dominic D. DiFrancesco	PA	594	9/5/1991	8/3
Robert S. Turner*	GA	15	8/30/1990	10/16
Miles S. Epling *	WV	23	9/7/1989	10/7
H. F. "Sparky" Gierke *	ND	29	9/8/1988	3/13
John P. "Jake" Comer	MA	78	8/27/1987	4/20
James P. Dean	MS	6	9/5/1986	8/26
Dale L. Renaud	IA	396	8/28/1985	10/23/1932	7/23/1995
Clarence M. Bacon	MD	110	9/5/1984	12/19
Keith A. Kreul *	WI	184	8/25/1983	4/21
Al Keller Jr.	IL	85	8/26/1982	7/24/1925	11/12/1997
Jack W. Flynt *	TX	445	9/3/1981	3/22/1923	1/2/1999
Michael J. Kogutek	NY	1477	8/21/1980	9/30
Frank I. Hamilton	IN	129	8/23/1979	1/6/1923	8/17/2003
John M. Carey	MI	413	8/24/1978	10/26	8/4/2007
Robert Charles Smith *	LA	166	8/25/1977	3/22/1919	1/22/1992
William J. Rogers *	ME	153	8/26/1976	10/30	4/2/2008
Harry Gordon Wiles *	KS	53	8/21/1975	2/16/1916	6/2/1998
James Myrl Wagonseller *	OH	11	8/22/1974	7/29/1920	5/26/2001
Robert Edward Lee Eaton *	MD	105	8/23/1973	12/22/2009	4/3/1993
Joe Lee Matthews	TX	569	8/24/1972	12/30
John Henry Geiger	IL	135	9/2/1971	6/19
Alfred P. Chamie	CA	336	9/3/1970	6/1/1910	10/16/1993
J. Milton Patrick	OK	131	8/28/1969	4/8/1915	7/21/1995
William C. Doyle	NJ	79	9/12/1968	12/14/1918	9/13/1985
William E. Galbraith *	NE	159	8/31/1967	1/22
John Edward Davis	ND	124	9/1/1966	4/18/1913	5/12/1990
L. Eldon James	VA	31	8/26/1965	1/1/1931	5/10/1997
Donald E. Johnson	IA	514	9/24/1964	6/5/1924	8/10/1999
Daniel F. Foley	MN	50	9/12/1963	10/9/1921	8/17/2002
James E. Powers	GA	74	10/11/1962	7/26/1910	12/10/1972
Charles L. Bacon	MO	191	9/14/1961	10/14/1909	4/1/1989
William R. Burke	CA	8	10/20/1960	11/5/1916	5/7/2001
Martin B. McKneally	NY	152	8/27/1959	12/31/1914	6/14/1992
Preston J. Moore	OK	129	9/4/1958	2/7/1920	9/1/2004
John S. Gleason Jr.	IL	985	9/19/1957	2/11/1915	4/3/1993
Wilbur C. "Dan" Daniel *	VA	97	9/7/1956	5/12/1914	1/23/1988
J. Addington Wagner *	MI	54	10/13/1955	1/22/1914	7/12/2004
Seaborn P. Collins	NM	10	9/1/1954	11/2/1912	3/30/1977
Arthur J. Connell *	CT	75	9/3/1953	7/17/1898	12/8/1962
Lewis K. Gough *	CA	13	8/28/1952	4/21/1908	11/13/1967
Donald R. Wilson	WV	13	10/18/1951	5/17/1917	11/28/1983
Erle Cocke Jr.	GA	133	10/12/1950	5/10/1921	4/23/2000
George N. Craig	IN	2	9/1/1949	8/6/1909	12/17/1992
S. Perry Brown	TX	33	10/21/1948	6/14/1892	6/8/1985
James F. O'Neil	NH	2	8/31/1947	6/13/1898	7/29/1981
Paul H. Griffith	PA	51	10/4/1946	4/08/1897	12/29/1974
John Stelle	IL	106	11/21/1945	8/10/1891	7/5/1962
Edward N. Scheiberling	NY	225	9/20/1944	12/02/1888	9/10/1967
Warren H. Atherton	CA	16	9/23/1943	12/28/1891	3/7/1976
Roane Waring	TN	1	9/21/1942	7/20/1881	9/9/1958
Lynn U. Stambaugh	ND	2	9/18/1941	7/04/1890	5/27/1971
Milo J. Warner *	OH	132	9/26/1940	11/11/1891	1/4/1968
Raymond J. Kelly	MI	119	9/28/1939	11/15/1894	2/12/1978
Stephen F. Chadwick	WA	18	9/22/1938	8/14/1894	8/28/1975
Daniel J. Doherty *	MA	101	9/23/1937	1/19/1894	1/12/1975
Harry W. Colmery	KS	1	9/24/1936	12/11/1890	8/23/1979
Ray Murphy	IA	61	9/26/1935	5/02/1887	10/13/1970
Frank N. Belgrano	CA	236	10/25/1934	5/18/1895	11/11/1959
Edward A. Hayes	IL	105	10/5/1933	1/05/1893	4/1/1955
Louis A. Johnson	WV	13	9/15/1932	1/10/1891	4/24/1966
Henry L. Stevens Jr.	NC	127	9/24/1931	1/27/1896	8/5/1971
Ralph T. O'Neil *	KS	1	10/9/1930	8/08/1888	5/25/1940
O. L. Bodenhamer	AR	10	10/3/1929	6/27/1891	6/19/1933
Paul V. McNutt	IN	18	10/11/1928	7/19/1891	3/24/1955
Edward E. Spafford	NY	108	10/18/1927	3/12/1878	11/13/1941
Howard P. Savage	IL	184	10/15/1926	1/03/1884	5/7/1944
John R. McQuigg	OH	71	10/9/1925	12/05/1865	10/26/1928
James A. Drain	WA	9	9/19/1924	9/30/1870	5/30/1943
John R. Quinn	CA	26	10/19/1923	7/17/1889	4/29/1979
Alvin M. Owsley	TX	71	10/20/1922	6/11/1888	4/3/1967
Hanford MacNider	IA	101	11/2/1921	10/02/1889	2/17/1968
John G. Emery *	MI	2	6/14/1921	7/04/1881	12/31/1946
Frederick W. Galbraith Jr.	OH	50	9/29/1920	5/06/1874	6/9/1921
Franklin D'Olier	PA	136	11/12/1919	4/28/1877	12/10/1953

*Denotes serving as Past National Vice Commander

National Commanders by vote of National Convention
Commander	State	Post	Date elected	Born	Died
Robert W. Spanogle	MI	237	2008
E. Roy Stone Jr.	SC	3	1987	6/6/1912	4/29/2001
Hamilton Fish	NY	150	1979	3/11/1893	1/18/1991
Maurice Stember	NY	342	1975	6/12/1894	1/20/1976
Thomas W. Miller	NV	23	1968	6/26/1886	5/9/1973
Eric Fisher Wood	PA	4	1955	1/04/1889	10/4/1962
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.	NY	4	1949	9/13/1887	7/12/1944
Bennett C. Clark	MO	44	1926	1/08/1890	7/13/1954
Milton Foreman	IL	236	1921	1/26/1863	10/16/1935
Henry D. Lindsley	TX	1	1919	2/29/1879	11/18/1938

Honorary National Commanders
Gen. John Pershing
Marshal Ferdinand Foch

National Commanders by vote of National Convention

Honorary National Commanders