- References
{{Use American English|date=June 2015}}{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}This is a list of commanders of the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army.[1] The 82nd Airborne Division is one of the oldest divisions in the U.S. Army, having been raised shortly after the American entry into World War I in April 1917 and seeing service in World War I and World War II and many subsequent conflicts. - Major General Eben Swift 25 August – 23 November 1917
- Brigadier General James Brailsford Erwin 24 November – 16 December 1917
- Brigadier General William P. Burnham 27 December 1917 – 3 October 1918
- Major General George B. Duncan 4 October 1918 – 21 May 1919
- Major General Omar N. Bradley 23 March – 25 June 1942
- Major General Matthew B. Ridgway 26 June 1942 – 27 August 1944
- Major General James M. Gavin 28 August 1944 – 26 March 1948
- Major General Clovis E. Byers 27 March 1948 – 18 July 1949
- Brigadier General Ridgely Gaither 19 July – 31 October 1949
- Major General Williston B. Palmer 1 November 1949 – 15 October 1950
- Major General Thomas F. Hickey 16 October 1950 – 31 January 1952
- Major General Charles D. W. Canham 1 February 1952 – 29 September 1952
- Major General Gerald J. Higgins 20 September 1952 – 14 September 1953
- Major General Francis W. Farrell 6 October 1953 – 4 July 1955
- Major General Thomas Trapnell 5 July – 13 September 1956
- Major General John W. Bowen 14 September 1956 – 27 December 1957
- Major General Hamilton H. Howze 2 January 1958 – 13 June 1959
- Major General Dwight E. Beach 1 July 1959 – 21 April 1961
- Major General Theodore J. Conway 22 April 1961 – 6 July 1962
- Major General John L. Throckmorton 7 July 1962 – 1 February 1964
- Major General Robert H. York 24 February 1964 – 15 July 1965
- Major General Joe S. Lawrie 2 August 1965 – 14 April 1967
- Major General Richard J. Seitz 15 April 1967 – 12 October 1968
- Major General John R. Deane, Jr. 14 October 1968 – 14 July 1970
- Major General George S. Blanchard 15 July 1970 – 16 July 1972
- Major General Frederick J. Kroesen 17 July 1972 – 7 October 1974
- Major General Thomas Tackaberry 8 October 1974 – 11 October 1976
- Major General Roscoe Robinson Jr. 11 October 1976 – 1 December 1978
- Major General Guy S. Meloy 1 December 1978 – 6 February 1981
- Major General James J. Lindsay 6 February 1981 – 24 June 1983
- Major General Edward Trobaugh 24 June 1983 – 19 June 1985
- Major General Bobby B. Porter 19 June 1985 – 10 January 1986
- Major General John W. Foss 10 January 1986 – 10 October 1986
- Brigadier General Raphael J. Hallada 10 October 1986 – 5 January 1987
- Major General Carl W. Stiner 5 January 1987 – 11 October 1988
- Major General James H. Johnson 11 October 1988 – 29 May 1991
- Major General Henry H. Shelton 29 May 1991 – 21 May 1993
- Major General William M. Steele 21 May 1993 – 10 March 1995
- Major General George A. Crocker 10 March 1995 – 27 November 1996
- Major General Joseph K. Kellogg, Jr. 27 November 1996 – 31 July 1998
- Major General Dan K. McNeill 31 July 1998 – 19 June 2000
- Major General John Vines August 2000 – October 2002
- Major General Charles Swannack October 2002 – 27 May 2004
- Major General William B. Caldwell IV 27 May 2004 – 7 April 2006
- Major General David M. Rodriguez 7 April 2006 – 21 July 2008
- Major General Curtis Scaparrotti 21 July 2008 – 5 August 2010
- Major General James L. Huggins 5 August 2010 – 5 October 2012
- Major General John W. Nicholson Jr. 5 October 2012 – 7 October 2014
- Major General Richard D. Clarke Jr. 7 October 2014 – 2 August 2016
- Major General Michael E. Kurilla 2 August 2016 – 2 August 2018
- Major General James J. Mingus 2 August 2018 -- present
References 1. ^{{cite book |last=Mrozek |first=Steven J. |date=1996 |title= |url=https://books.google.de/books?id=0_j1VTNOh5gC&pg=PA82 |location=Nashville, TN |publisher=Turner Publishing Company |page=82}}
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