5th Cavalry Regiment
Unit History
Previous Commanders
5th Cavalry Regiment Commanders
| COL A.S. Johnston | MAY 1855 - JUL 1857 |
| LTC Robert E. Lee | JUL 1857 - APR 1861 |
| LTC G.H. Thomas | APR 1861 - MAR 1866 |
| COL W.H. Emory | MAR 1866 - NOV 1871 |
| LTC T. Duncan | NOV 1871 - JAN 1873 |
| LTC E.A. Carr | JAN 1873 - OCT 1876 |
| COL W. Merritt | OCT 1876 - AUG 1882 |
| LTC C.E. Compton | AUG 1882 - MAY 1887 |
| COL J.F. Wade | MAY 1887 - MAY 1897 |
| LTC S.M. Whitside | MAY 1897 - OCT 1897 |
| COL L.H. Carpenter | OCT 1897 - MAY 1898 |
| LTC S.M. Whitside | MAY 1898 - NOV 1898 |
| LTC C.C. Carr | NOV 1898 - DEC 1899 |
| COL W. A. Raferty | DEC 1899 - SEP 1902 |
| LTC C.A. Hatfield | SEP 1902 - JUL 1903 |
| COL G.L. Cooper | JUL 1903 - OCT 1903 |
| COL C.A. Stedman | OCT 1903 - AUG 1906 |
| LTC G.A. Hunter | AUG 1906 - MAY 1908 |
| COL W.S. Schuyler | MAY 1908 - NOV 1910 |
| LTC H.W. Wheeler | NOV 1910 - MAR 1911 |
| COL W.E. Wilder | MAR 1911 - JUL 1916 |
| LTC D.L. Tate | JUL 1916 - MAY 1917 |
| COL C.H. Cameron | MAY 1917 - JUL 1917 |
| COL E. Anderson | JUL 1917 - NOV 1918 |
| COL W.G. Heaton | NOV 1918 - FEB 1919 |
| COL A.G. Gillem | FEB 1919 - APR 1919 |
| COL J.J. Hornbrook | APR 1919 - AUG 1921 |
| COL W.D. Forsythe | AUG 1921 - FEB 1924 |
| COL W.B. Scales | FEB 1924 - SEP 1929 |
| COL S.F. Dallam | SEP 1929 - JUL 1932 |
| COL T.L. Sherburne | JUL 1932 - OCT 1933 |
| COL W.B. Scales | OCT 1933 - MAR 1935 |
| COL C.B. Amory | MAR 1935 - DEC 1935 |
| COL R.C. Richardson Jr. | DEC 1935 - JUL 1938 |
| COL G.S. Patton Jr. | JUL 1938 - DEC 1939 |
| COL C.P. Sterns | DEC 1939 - JUN 1940 |
| COL H.J. Smith | JUN 1940 - AUG 1941 |
| LTC H. Herman | AUG 1941 - OCT 1941 |
| COL L.K. Truscott | OCT 1941 - MAR 1942 |
| LTC H.F. Hoffman | MAR 1942 - JUL 1944 |
| COL R.A. Drake | JUL 1944 - OCT 1944 |
| COL E.F. Thomson | OCT 1944 - DEC 1944 |
| COL F.F. Wing | DEC 1944 - AUG 1945 |
| LTC J.E. Shirley | AUG 1945 - OCT 1945 |
| MAJ E.E. Greenley | OCT 1945 - NOV 1945 |
| LTC F. Manross | NOV 1945 - DEC 1945 |
| COL W.F. Jennings | DEC 1945 - JUN 1946 |
| LTC R.H. Del Mar | JUN 1946 - AUG 1946 |
| COL W.F. Jennings | AUG 1946 - JUL 1947 |
| COL C.J. Rohsenberger | JUL 1947 - JUL 1950 |
| COL C.G. Crombez | JUL 1950 - OCT 1950 |
| COL I. Lehrifield | OCT 1950 - AUG 1952 |
| COL E.H. Walker | AUG 1952 - OCT 1953 |
| COL J.B. Richardson Jr. | OCT 1953 - AUG 1954 |
| COL W.G. Springer | AUG 1954 - MAY 1955 |
| COL M.V. Krikbride | MAY 1955 - DEC 1955 |
| COL H.P. Houser Jr. | DEC 1955 - MAY 1956 |
| LTC W.G. Whall | MAY 1956 - JUL 1956 |
| COL C.R. Etzler | JUL 1956 - OCT 1957 |
5th Cavalry Regiment Battle Group Commanders
| COL B.C Chapala | OCT 1957 - DEC 1957 |
| LTC J.V. Morey | DEC 1957 - MAR 1958 |
| COL F.D. Mulcahy | MAR 1958 - FEB 1959 |
| COL F.W. Collins | FEB 1959 - JAN 1960 |
| COL R. Young | JAN 1960 - OCT 1960 |
| COL M.G. Browen Jr. | OCT 1960 - SEP 1961 |
1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Commanders
| LTC E.M. Fry | JUL 1963 - AUG 1963 |
| LTC W.S. Mattox | AUG 1963 - SEP 1964 |
| LTC R.D. McGovern | SEP 1964 - JUL 1965 |
| LTC F. Ackerman | JUL 1965 - FEB 1966 |
| LTC R.J. Little | FEB 1966 - MAR 1966 |
| LTC W.B. Ray | MAR 1966 - AUG 1966 |
| LTC R.H. Siegrist | AUG 1966 - MAR 1967 |
| LTC J.H. Mapp | MAR 1967 - JUN 1967 |
| LTC D.S. Rickard | JUN 1967 - DEC 1967 |
| LTC R.L. Runkle | DEC 1967 - APR 1968 |
| LTC C. Jordan | APR 1968 - JUN 1968 |
| LTC G. Troutman | JUN 1968 - DEC 1968 |
| LTC R.J. Peterson | DEC 1968 - JUL 1969 |
| LTC R.R. Rasmussen | JUL 1969 - JAN 1970 |
| LTC J.L. Anderson | JAN 1970 - MAY 1971 |
| LTC J.F. McFarland | MAY 1971 - JAN 1972 |
| LTC D.J. Allen | JAN 1972 - JAN 1974 |
| LTC J.F. Moran | JAN 1974 - JUN 1974 |
| LTC F.C. Vossen | JUN 1974 - OCT 1975 |
| LTC M.F. Spigelmire | OCT 1975 - APR 1977 |
| LTC J.H. Griffith | APR 1977 - JUL 1978 |
| LTC W.J. Stauffer | JUL 1978 - JAN 1980 |
| LTC J.E. Bigelow II | JAN 1980 - JUL 1982 |
| LTC R. Crites | JUL 1982 - Jun 1984 |
| LTC E. Mullen | JUN 1984 - JUN 1986 |
| LTC H. Lobdell III | JUN 1986- JUN 1988 |
| LTC D.A. Neyses | JUN 1988 - JUN 1990 |
| LTC M.W. Parker | JUN 1990 - JUN 1992 |
| LTC B.C Freakley | JUN 1992 - MAY 1994 |
| LTC T.D. Livsey | MAY 1994 - MAY 1996 |
| LTC Douglas A. Boone | MAY 1996 - JUN 1998 |
| LTC Richard A. Totleben Jr. | JUN 1998 - JUN 2000 |
| LTC Jeffery S. Bess | JUN 2000 - JUN 2002 |
| LTC Myles M. Miyamasu | JUNE 2002 - |
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