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508TH 1ST BATTALION COMMANDERS LIST

Activated 20 October 1942

Herbert F. Batcheller Oct 1942 June 1944
Warren J. Shields June 1944 November 1946

Deactivated 1946

     

Activated 16 April 1961

Ralph D. Burns May 1951 August 1952
Murray L. Harvey August 1952 September 1953
Robert A. Matthews, Major September 1953 1964
James E. Tully 1955 Records incomplete on dates of command
Gordon Smith 1956
Robert N. Denniston 1957

Deactivated 27 March 1957

     

Activated 25 May 1964

Eldrige E. Long, Jr. April 1964 April 1966
Phillip Kaplan April 1966 December 1966
Roswell E. Round December 1966 January 1968
Archie E, Carpenter January 1968 July 1968
James E. Wheaton, Jr. July 1968 October 1968
Roswell E. Round October 1968 April 1969
Paul R. Lunsford April 1969 September 1969
Peter J. Foss September 1969 December 1969
Leroy Suddath December 1969 October 1970
Jeremiah Lawrence October 1970 January 1972
Robert B. Simpson January 1972 July 1973
Heath Twitchell, Jr. July 1973 March 1975
Douglas M. Craver March 1975 November 1976
Gordon Corcoran November 1976 July 1978
Robert R. Glass July 1978 April 1980
Samuel K. O'Neal April 1980 February 1982
Hubert S. Shaw February 1982 June 1984
Bowman M. Olds June 1984 ---
     

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