| Name
|
Dates
|
Notes
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| GEN George Casey
|
2007-present
|
|
| GEN Peter Schoomaker
|
2003-2007
|
appointed from retirement
|
| GEN Eric Shinseki
|
1999-2003
|
U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs 2009-
|
| GEN Dennis Reimer
|
1995-1999
|
|
| GEN Gordon Sullivan
|
1991-1995
|
|
| GEN Carl Vuono
|
1987-1991
|
|
| GEN John Wickham, Jr.
|
1983-1987
|
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| GEN Edward Meyer
|
1979-1983
|
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| GEN Bernard Rogers
|
1976-1979
|
became Supreme Allied Commander Europe 1979-1987
|
| GEN Fred Weyand
|
1974-1976
|
|
| GEN Creighton Abrams
|
1972-1974
|
died in office
|
| GEN Bruce Palmer, Jr.
|
July-October 1972
|
acting
|
| GEN William Westmoreland
|
1968-1972
|
|
| GEN Harold Johnson
|
1964-1968
|
|
| GEN Earle Wheeler
|
1962-1964
|
became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1964–1970
|
| GEN George Decker
|
1960-1962
|
|
| GEN Lyman Lemnitzer
|
1959-1960
|
became Supreme Allied Commander Europe 1960-1962
|
| GEN Maxwell Taylor
|
1955-1959
|
became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
|
| GEN Matthew Ridgway
|
1955-1959
|
|
| GEN J. Lawton Collins
|
1949-1953
|
|
| GEN Omar Bradley
|
1948-1948
|
became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1949-1953; (General of the Army)
|
| General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower
|
1945-1948
|
became President of the United States
|