Past National Commanders - Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States

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Past National Commander General’s

Brevet Major General Alexander S. Webb (1896–1911)
Major General Charles F. Roe (1911–14)
Rear Admiral William B. Caperton (1914–17)
Brigadier General Samuel W. Fountain (1917–20)
Rear Admiral Robert E. Coontz (1920–23)
Major General Clarence R. Edwards (1923–26)
Captain William S. Bainbridge, MC, USN (1926–32)
Lieutenant Colonel Pelham St.G. Bissell (1932–38)
Colonel Philip L. Schuyler (1938–41)
Colonel William I. Forbes (1941–45)
Major General John F. O’Ryan (1945–46)
Colonel James A. Doherty (1946–49)
Colonel Edwin S. Bettelheirn, Jr. (1949–51)
Brigadier General Joseph H. Lewis (1951–53)
Major General John Williams Morgan (1953–55)
Commander Ross H. Currier (1955–57)
Captain Richard F. Warren, USN (1957–59)
Lieutenant Benjamin L. Cook, Jr., (1959–61)
Colonel Frederick B. Wiener (1961–63)
Commander James A. Lamphier, USNR (1963–65)
Brigadier General William C. Baxter (1965–67)
Rear Admiral Robert Granville Burke (1967–69)
Colonel Wilbur J. Myers (1969–71)
Rear Admiral Theodore C. Aylward (1971–73)
Colonel R. Graham Bosworth (1973–75)
Brigadier General Joseph S. Zarieko (1975–77)
Colonel Richard H. Love (1977–79)
Colonel John Denny Dale (1979–81)
Brigadier General William Uriah Ogletree (1981–83)
Brigadier General Arthur N. Phillips (1983–85)
Lieutenant Commander T. Johnson Ward, USN (1985–87)
Major General James C. McElroy (1987–89)
Commander Thomas F. Wiener, USN (1989–91)
Colonel Charles H. Bechtold, USMC (1991–93)
First Lieutenant Charles F. Dale (1993–95)
Colonel Versel Case, Jr. (1995–97)
Lieutenant Colonel Ronald R. Sommer (1997–99)
Colonel Joseph P. Kirlin III, USAR (1999–2001)
Captain Ronald E. Fischer, AUS (2001–03)
Major General John J. Salesses, USMCR (2003–05)
Colonel Duane Bartrem, MIARNG (2005–07)
Colonel Arthur J. Nattans, MDARNG (2007–09)
Lieutenant Colonel Lewis L. Neilson, Jr., USAR (2009–11)
Major Wulf Lindenau, USA (2011–13)
Colonel David H. Russell, RIARNG (2013–15)
Captain Richard A. Coutermarsh, USAR (May 2015 – 1 Sept 2015)
Lieutenant Colonel Orfeo “Chuck” Trombetta, Jr., USAR (1 Sept 2015 to 3 April 2017)
Lieutenant Colonel Kent A. D. Clark, USA (3 April 2017 to 6 May 2019)
Colonel Chris Herndon, USA (6 May 2019 – May 2021)
Lieutenant Commander Christopher St Victor-de Pinho (May 2021 – Present)