Andrews, Lieutenant General Frank M. (Army retired-deceased) -- Commanding General, Caribbean Defense Command (Sept 1941 - Nov 1942)

Anson, Brigadier General Richard W. (Army-retired) -- Commanding General, 193d Infantry Brigade (Canal Zone) (June 1977 - June 1979)

Armstrong, Captain Elmer John (Army-retired-deceased) -- Assigned to the 42nd U.S. Infantry at Camp Gaillard, Panama Canal Zone (January 1921 - December 1922); neighbor and friends of then Captain and Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower (see entry below); retired as colonel during World War II (per his daughter and grandson David to WHO).

Arnold, Captain Henry "Hap" H. (Army Signal Corps-retired-deceased) -- One of America's first military aviators (and trained by the Wright Brothers), Arnold was assigned to the Panama Canal Zone in March 1917In February 1917 Arnold went to Panama to organize an air service there (the 7th Aero Squadron equipped with Curtiss JN4 aircraft and Curtiss Flying Boats) which he commanded until May 1917. As the U.S. entered World War I, he was called back to Washington.   [For later assignments GO TO]

Babbitt, Brigadier General B.B. (Army-retired-deceased) -- Commander, Panama Canal Department (May 1921 - Oct 1921)

Blatchford, Major General R.M. (Army-retired-deceased) -- Commander, Panama Canal Department (Feb 1918 - April 1919)

Bogart, Major General T. F. (Army-retired-deceased) – Commanding General, U.S. Army Caribbean Command (June 1960 - June 1963) and Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Southern Command (USARSO), Fort Amador  (June 1963 – July 1964)

Braaten, Colonel Thomas A. (USMC-retired) -- positions in Southern Command J3/Operations Directorate: Chief of Current Operations; Deputy Director for Operations; Vice Director of the J-3/Operations Directorate; and Deputy Chief of Staff, Southern Command (from July 1988 through July 1991)  [For later assignments GO TO]

Brett, Lieutenant General George H. (Army-retired-deceased) -- Commanding General, Caribbean Defense Command (Nov 1942 - Oct 1945)

Brooks, Major General E. H. (Army-retired-deceased) --  Commanding General, U.S. Army Caribbean Command, Fort Amador (USACARIB) (Nov 1947 – Nov 1948) 

Brown, Major General Preston (Army-retired-deceased) -- Commander, Panama Canal Department (Nov 1930 - Nov 1933)

Brown, Major General Lytle (Army-retired-deceased) -- Commander, Panama Canal Department (Nov 1935 - July 1936)

Bryan, Lieutenant General Blackshear M., Jr. (Army-retired-deceased) - Chief of staff of the Caribbean Command at Quarry Heights 1948-1951 initially under Lieutenant General Matthew Ridgway   [For later assignments GO TO]

Bryant, Colonel William (Air Force-retired) -- Director, Southern Command Public Affairs Directorate, Quarry Heights (1973-1976)

Butner, Major General Henry W. (Army-retired-deceased) -- Commander, Panama Canal Department (July 1936 - Feb 1937)

Buttimer, Colonel Neil (Air Force-retired) --  Director, Southern Command Public Affairs Directorate, Quarry Heights (1985-1987)

Cisneros, Brigadier / Major General Marc A. (Army-retired) – with U.S. Southern Command’s J3/Opertions Directorate (1978 – 1981 as lieutenant colonel); Deputy Commander of Army South (USARSO) (1986 – 1987 as colonel); Director of Southern Command’s J-3/Operations Directorate (1987 – June 1989 as brigadier general); Commanding General, U.S. Army South (USARSO), Fort Clayton (June 1989 - July 1990)   [For later assignments GO TO]

Clark, General Wesley K. (Army-retired) -- Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Southern Command (June 1996 - July 1997) [For later assignments GO TO]

Cockle, Colonel Dale (Army–retired) – After graduating from U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1958 (on appointment from the Canal Zone Governor) and service schools, his first assignment was in the Canal Zone 1959-1962 as second then first lieutenant, first as Assistant Communications Officer with the 1st Battlegroup, 20th Infantry (Sykes Regulars) as a Platoon Commander of the Signal Area Support Platoon and later the 3rd Signal Platoon at Corozal (which later became the 252nd Signal Company). His last assignment before retiring from the Army in 1981 was Chief of the Army Section of the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) in Madrid, Spain. (Cockle, who had attended Balboa Junior High School in 1950 and graduated from Cristobal High School in 1954 in the Canal Zone, attended West Point while Lieutenant General Blackshear Bryan was its superintendent 1954-1956. Bryan had served in the Canal Zone as Chief of staff of the Caribbean Command at Quarry Heights 1948-1951 initially under Lieutenant General Matthew Ridgway. Cockle and General Bryan’s son Robbie were classmates at Balboa Junior High School and at West Point. (George Cockle, listed below, is Dale Cockle's older brother.)

Cockle, Lieutenant Colonel George (Army-retired) – After enlisting in the Army Air Corps in 1947 (after graduating from Balboa High School same year), attended basic training at Howard Field/Fort Kobbe and then served in the 91^st Reconnaissance Squadron at Howard Field and France Field in the Canal Zone and Waller Field in Trinidad.  After re-enlisting in the Army, he was selected as enlisted aide to General Blackshear Bryan, Chief of staff of the Caribbean Command at Quarry Heights 1948-1951. He then attended Officer Candidate School at Fort Riley, Kansas. He retired from the Army as a lieutenant colonel in 1970 after serving in infantry and aviation assignments. (George Cockle is Dale Cockle’s older brother.)

Conner, General Fox  (Army-retired-deceased) --  Commander of the 20^th Brigade, Camp Gaillard, Panama Canal Zone (1921-1925) and mentor to his executive officer then Major Dwight Eisenhower and other Army officers.   [For later assignments GO TO]

Craig, Major General Malin (Army-retired-deceased) -- Commander, Panama Canal Department (April 1928 - Aug 1930)

Crittenberger, Lieutenant General Willis D. (Army-retired-deceased) -- Commanding General, Caribbean Defense Command (Oct 1945 - Nov 1947) and Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Caribbean Command (Nov 1947 - June 1948)

Cronkite, Brigadier General A. (Army-retired-deceased) -- Commander, Panama Canal Department (Aug 1917 - Aug 1917)

Curtin, Colonel Joseph (U.S. Army retired) -- Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Army South, Fort Clayton (1995-1998) [For later assignments GO TO]

Dasher, Major General C. L. (Army-retired-deceased) – Commanding General, U.S. Army Caribbean Command (USACARIB), Fort Amador (June 1958 - June 1960)

Donlon, Lieutenant Colonel Roger Hugh C. (Army-retired - MOH-Vietnam 1964) -- Commander, 3^rd Battalion, 7^th Special Forces Group (Airborne), at Fort Gulick, Panama (1977-1978)  [For details on his MOH GO TO]  

Doran, Rear Admiral Walter F. (Navy-retired) -- Deputy Commander in Chief and Chief of Staff of Southern Command from (December 1996 through July 1998)   [For later assignments GO TO]

Edwards, Brigadier General Clarence R. (Army-retired-deceased) – Commander, Headquarters, U.S. Troops, Panama Canal Zone (Nov 1914 - April 1917)

Eisenhower, Captain/Major Dwight D. (Army-retired-deceased) -  Executive officer to General Fox Conner, commander of the 20^th Brigade, Camp Gaillard, Panama Canal Zone (Jan 1922 - Sept 1924)   [For later assignments GO TO]

Erwin, Major General LeR. (Army-retired-deceased) -- Commander, Panama Canal Department (Aug 1930 - Nov 1930)

Fetig, Colonel James (Army-retired) -- Director, Southern Command Public Affairs Directorate, Quarry Heights (1993-1995) [For later assignments GO TO]

Fiske, Major General Harold B. (Army-retired-deceased) -- Commander, Panama Canal Department (Nov 1933 - Nov 1935)

Gaither, Lieutenant General Ridgely (Army-retired-deceased) -- Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Caribbean Command (April 1958 - July 1960)

Galvin, General John R. (Army-retired) -- Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Southern Command (March 1985 - June 1987) [For later assignments GO TO]

Gaylord, Lieutenant Colonel Robert E. (Army-retired) -- Commander of the Southern Command Radio and Television Network (SCN) in Panama in late 1980s    [For later assignments GO TO]  

Geiger, Lieutenant Colonel Melvin H. (Army-retired) -- Public Affairs Officer of 193d Infantry Brigade (Canal Zone) (August 1975-July 1978 at Fort Amador), which was then the senior Army command in Panama and the Army component of the U.S. Southern Command; earlier he served as a battalion commander in the 4th Infantry Division and later was an advisor to the Iranian Imperial Army.  [For later assignments GO TO] 

Goodpaster, General Andrew J. (U.S. Army retired-deceased) -- Captain with the Army Corps of Engineers' 11th Engineer Regiment at Fort Clayton, Panama, in 1942  [For later assignments GO TO] 

Gorman, General Paul F. (Army-retired) -- Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Southern Command (May 1983 - March 1985)

Gottardi, Colonel Larry (Army-retired) -- Director, Southern Command Public Affairs Directorate, Quarry Heights (1995-1997) [For later assignments GO TO]

Graves, Major General William S. (Army-retired-deceased) -- Commander, Panama Canal Department (Oct 1927 - March 1928)

Grigore, Julius Jr., Captain (U.S. Navy Reserve, Retired) – Upon recall to active duty with the Navy 1968-1972, Grigore served as Officer in Charge of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair at Fort Amador, Canal Zone. During that period he was also senior Navy technical advisor to the Latin American navies, commander of U.S. Naval Industrial Standby Facility – Balboa Shops, and Salvage Officer for Commander, 15^th Naval District. Before recall to active duty in 1968, he was Assistant Chief/Acting Chief, Industrial Division, of the Panama Canal Company’s shipyard complex. He graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, the University of Detroit, and Harvard Business School, Advanced Management Program. He has authored numerous articles for the National Transportation Journal, Military Engineer, Panama Canal Review, and Explorer’s Journal. He has written seven books and published 57 others as reprints (with update material) about Panama, the Panama Canal, and the Panama Railroad (more on the books at www.cz images.com).  He is a founding member of the Panama Historical Society.

Hansen, Colonel William (Air Force-retired) -- Director, Southern Command Public Affairs Directorate, Quarry Heights (1982-1985)

Harrison, Lieutenant General William K. (Army-retired-deceased) -- Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Caribbean Command (June 1954 - Jan 1957)

Harrold, Major General T. L. (Army-retired-deceased) – Commanding General, U.S. Army Caribbean Command (USACARIB), Fort Amador (June 1956 – June 1958)

Hartzog,  Major General William W. (Army-retired) – Commander of 3rd Battalion, 5th Infantry at Fort Kobbe, Panama, then Director of G-1/Directorate of Personnel and Community Affairs of the 193d Infantry Brigade (Panama), Fort Clayton, Panama (as lieutenant colonel in late 1970s-early 1980s); Director of Southern Command’s J-3/Operations Directorate (June 1989 – July 1990 as brigadier general); Commanding General, U.S. Army South (USARSO), Fort Clayton (July 1990 - July 1991) [For later assignments GO TO]

Johnson, Major General C. L. (Army-retired-deceased) -- Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Southern Command (USARSO), Fort Amador (July 1967 - Dec 1970)

Joulwan, General George A. (Army-retired) -- Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Southern Command (Nov 1990 - Nov 1993)  [For later assignments GO TO]

Judd, Leo D. (rank unknown) (Army - deceased) – Assigned as a cook in Company E, 33^rd Infantry Regiment 1916-1920 at Camp Empire on the West Bank of the Panama Canal (when the 33^rd was activated in the Canal Zone July 6, 1916). Judd supposedly arrived in the Canal Zone 1915, probably assigned to the 5th Infantry or the 10th Infantry both already in the Canal Zone. Personnel from those two units were part of the nucleus of the newly formed 33rd Infantry Regiment. Inscribed in his bible was August 1917 Gatun Canal Zone  [Source: His grandson Scott Bicksler, 30 March 2008]

Kamiya, Colonel Jason K. (Army) -- Special Assistant to Air Force Brigadier General Antonio Ramos, Special Assistant to SouthCom Commander in Chief for post-1999 presence in Panama negotiations in the mid-1990s   [For later  assignments GO TO]

Kennedy, Major General Charles W. (Army-retired-deceased) -- Commander, Panama Canal Department (April 1919 - May 1921)

Kensinger, Major General Philip R., Jr. (Army-retired) -- Commanding General, U.S. Army South (USARSO) (June 1997 – June 2000) (until July 30, 1999 at Fort Clayton, Panama; August 1999 – June 2000 at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico)  [For later assignments GO TO]

Kinzer, Brigadier General J.W. (Army-retired) -- Deputy Commander of Army South (USARSO), Fort Clayton (1987 – July 1990) then acting Commanding General, U.S. Army South (USARSO) (July – Sept 1990) [For later assignments GO TO]

Landers, Colonel G.F. (Army-retired-deceased) -- Commander, Panama Canal Department (Aug 1917 - Feb 1918)

Landron, Sergeant First Class Manuel (Army-retired) – Served three assignments with the Army in Panama: 4th Battalion (Mechanized), 20th Infantry at Fort Clayton (1974-1977); Company B, 3rd Battalion, 5th Infantry at Fort Kobbe (1977-1980); and HHC of Headquarters Command serving at Rodman Ammunition Storage Point (1984-1990). After retiring in 1991, he has been living in Panama since 1994 where he is active with the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) chapter in Panama as commander of VFW Post 3822. (WHO’s note: He is a good contact for information on Panamanian visa requirements for retirees, Tri-Care medical services in Panama for military retirees and other topics of interest for retirees thinking or planning to reside in Panama. He can be reached at manuellandron2000@ yahoo.com.)

Lassiter, Major General William (Army-retired-deceased) -- Commander, Panama Canal Department (Sep 1924 - Jan 1925)

Lehnert, Major / Colonel Michael R. (U.S. Marine Corps) -- Assignments with Southern Command in 1988-1990 as a major in the J-3/ Operations Directorate as Chief, Central American Exercise Branch including participating in Operations Just Cause and Promote Liberty; returned to Panama in 1999 as Chief of Staff, Joint Task Force Panama to oversee the final turnover of the Panama Canal and the remaining military bases   [For later assignments GO TO]

Lejeune, Major John A. (U.S. Marine Corps-retired-deceased) -- In the fall of 1903 Major Lejeune was dispatched to Panama as commander of the Marine battalion when conditions had become critical through the revolution against Colombia and departed Panama December 21, 1904.  He returned to Panama three years later to command a battalion of Marines May 29 - July 6, 1906 at Camp Elliott in the Panama Canal Zone as detached duty, after which he was ordered to the Philippines. [For later assignments GO TO]

Leuer, Brigadier General / Major General Kenneth C. (Army-retired) --  Commanding General, 193d Infantry Brigade (Canal Zone), Fort Amador (June 1979 - Sept 30, 79) and Commanding General, 193d Infantry Brigade (Panama), Fort Clayton (Oct 1, 1979 - April 1982 with the redesignation of the Army component command concurrent with the implementation of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 which abolished the Canal Zone and Canal Zone Government)

Loeffke, Major General Bernard (Army-retired) -- Commanding General, U.S. Army South (USARSO), Fort Clayton (April 1987 - June 1989) [For later assignments GO TO]

Lopez, Colonel Antonio (Air Force-retired) -- Director, Southern Command Public Affairs Directorate, Quarry Heights (1979-1982)