This is a somewhat complete list of Commanding Generals for MCRD Parris Island, since the beginning of the recruit depots as we know them today. It may be helpful in determining dates for some MCRD Parris Island Recruit Yearbooks as some early ones weren't dated.
Click here for the list of MCRD San Diego Commanding Generals.
Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island
(Marine Barracks, Parris Island before 1948)
John T. Myers
2 Sep 1918 - 12 Nov 1918
Joseph H. Pendleton
13 Nov 1918 - 2 May 1919
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Joseph H. Pendleton
3 May 1919 - 24 Sep 1919
Eli K. Cole
25 Sep 1919 - 8 Aug 1924
Charles H. Lyman
9 Aug 1924 - 12 Aug 1924
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Harry Lee
13 Aug 1924 - 11 Aug 1927
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Richard P. Williams
12 Aug 1927 - 27 Sep 1927
Logan Feland
28 Sep 1927 - 3 Jan 1928
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Richard P. Williams
4 Jan 1928 - 15 Mar 1928
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Henry N. Manney, Jr.
16 Mar 1928 - 10 Apr 1928
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Arthur Racicot
11 Apr 1928 - 15 Apr 1928
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Richard P. Williams
16 Apr 1928 - 16 Oct 1928
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Harold C. Snyder
17 Oct 1928 - 5 Jul 1929
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Henry N. Manney,Jr.
6 Jul 1929 - 14 Jul 1929
Eli T. Fryer
15 Jul 1929 - 1 Oct 1929
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Harry Lee
2 Oct 1929 - 23 Feb 1933
Randolph C. Berkeley
24 Feb 1933 - 24 May 1936
Jesse F. Dyer
25 May 1936 - 14 Jul 1936
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James T. Buttrick
15 Jul 1936 - 2 May 1937
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Jesse F. Dyer
3 May 1937 - 30 Jun 1937
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Lyle H. Miller
1 Jul 1937 - 12 Jul 1937
Douglas C. McDougal
13 Jul 1937 - 12 Aug 1939
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Miles R. Thacher
13 Aug 1939 - 30 Aug 1939
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Louis R. Jones
31 Aug 1939 - 15 Sep 1939
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James C. Breckinridge
16 Sep 1939 - 3 Sep 1941
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Louis R. Jones
4 Sep 1941 - 14 Sep 1941
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Harry L. Smith
15 Sep 1941 - 18 Sep 1941
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Emile P. Moses
19 Sep 1941 - 30 Apr 1944
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Harry L. Smith
1 May 1944 - 4 May 1944
Clayton B. Vogel
5 May 1944 - 1 Feb 1946
Samuel L. Howard
2 Feb 1946 - 12 Feb 1946
Julian C. Smith
13 Feb 1946 - 1 Oct 1946
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Bernard Dubel
2 Oct 1946 - 8 Oct 1946
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Franklin A. Hart
9 Oct 1946 - 30 Nov 1946
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Franklin A. Hart
1 Dec 1946 - 17 Jan 1948
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Bernard Dubel
18 Jan 1948 - 20 Feb 1948
Alfred H. Noble
21 Feb 1948 - 17 Jul 1950
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Lester S. Hamel
18 Jul 1950 - 16 Aug 1950
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Robert H. Pepper
17 Aug 1950 - 29 Jan 1952
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Matthew C. Horner
30 Jan 1952 - 29 Feb 1952
Merwin H. Silverthorn
1 Mar 1952 - 30 Jun 1952
Edwin A. Pollock
1 Jul 1954 - 14 Jan 1956
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Joseph C. Burger
15 Jan 1956 - 11 May 1956
Homer L. Litzenberg
12 May 1956 - 15 Mar 1957
Wallace M. Greene
16 Mar 1957 - 24 May 1957
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George R. E. Shell
25 Mar 1957 - 4 Jul 1957
Robert B. Luckey
5 Jul 1957 - 10 May 1959
David M. Shoup
11 May 1959 - 19 Oct 1959
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George R. E. Shell
20 Oct 1959 - 30 Jun 1960
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Thomas G. Ennis
1 Jul 1960 - 30 Jun 1962
Raymond L. Murray
1 Jul 1962 - 18 Jun 1966
James M. Masters, Sr.
19 Jun 1964 - 15 Jun 1966
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Rathvon McC. Tompkins
Jun 1966 - Nov 1967
Ormand R. Simpson
22 Nov 1967 - 1968
Oscar F. Peatross
Nov 1968 - May 1971
Robert H. Barrow
1972 - Jul 1975
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1976
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1977
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1978
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1979
Robert E. Haebel
Jul 1980 - 1982
James J. McMonagle
1983
Stephen Olmstead
Jul 1984 - 1 Jul 1986
Harold G. Glasgow
30 Jun 1986 - 1987
Joseph P. Hoar
1987 - 1988
Jarvis D. Lynch Jr.
5 Oct 1888 - 1991
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Gene A. Deegan
1991 - 1993
Jack W. Klimp
25 Jun 1993 - Jul 1995
James R. Battaglini
1997-1999
Joseph J. McMenamin
27 Jun 2001- 35 May 2004
Richard T. Tryon
2004 - 2005
Paul E. Lefebvre
2006 - 2008
James B. Laster
30 May 2008 - Aug 2009
Frederick M. Padilla
2009 - 2011
Brig Gen LE Reynolds
17 Jun, 2011 - 19 Jun, 2014
Terry V. Williams
20 Jun, 2014 -
