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FROM
U.S.
Army 10th Infantry
(Arrived
Oct. 1911)
U.S.
Troops Panama Canal Zone
(1916-1917)
Panama
Canal Department
(1917-1941)
Caribbean
Defense Command and Panama Canal Department
(1941-1947)
U.S.
Army Caribbean Command (USACARIB)
(1947-1963)
U.S.
Army Forces Southern Command (USARSO)
(1963-Oct
1974)
193d Infantry
Brigade (Canal Zone)
(Oct 1974-Sep
30,1979)
193d
Infantry Brigade (Panama)
(Oct 1, 1979-Dec
1986)
TO
U.S. Army South (USARSO)
Dec 4, 1986-July 1999
(in Panama)
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SENIOR
ARMY COMMANDERS
IN PANAMA
(1914-1999)
From
1914 until November 1947, the senior military commander in Panama also served as
the senior Army commander. On November 15, 1947, the senior Army command
in Panama was split from the geographic/theater command and moved from Quarry Heights to Fort
Amador. (Click
here
for details on
senior commanders 1914-1947.) In September 1979, the senior
Army command in Panama moved from Fort Amador to Fort Clayton
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| 1914-1917
Commanding General, Headquarters,
U.S. Troops, Panama Canal Zone - Ancon, Canal Zone |
| Brigadier General Clarence R. Edwards |
Nov 1914 |
April 1917 |
| Brigadier General
E.H. Plummer |
April
1917 |
Aug 1917 |
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| 1917-1941
Commanding General, PANAMA
CANAL DEPARTMENT -
Ancon - Quarry Heights, Canal Zone (moved from Ancon April
1920) |
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| Brigadier General
E.H. Plummer |
April
1917 |
Aug 1917 |
| Brigadier General A. Cronkite
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Aug 1917 |
Aug 1917 |
| Colonel G.F. Landers |
Aug 1917 |
Feb 1918 |
| Major General R.M.
Blatchford |
Feb 1918 |
April 1919 |
| Major General Charles W.
Kennedy |
April 1919 |
May 1921 |
| Brigadier General B.B.
Babbitt |
May 1921 |
Oct 1921 |
| Major General S.D. Sturgis
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Oct 1921 |
Sept 1924 |
| Major General William
Lassiter |
Sep 1924 |
Jan 1925 |
| Major General Charles H.
Martin |
Jan 1925 |
Oct 1927 |
| Major General William S.
Graves |
Oct 1927 |
March 1928 |
| Major General Malin Craig
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April 1928 |
Aug 1930 |
| Major General
L.R. Erwin |
Aug 1930 |
Nov 1930 |
| Major General Preston Brown
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Nov 1930 |
Nov 1933 |
| Major General Harold B.
Fiske |
Nov
1933 |
Nov 1935 |
| Major General Lytle Brown
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Nov 1935 |
July 1936 |
| Major General Henry W.
Butner |
July 1936 |
Feb 1937 |
| Brigadier General F.W.
Rowell |
Feb 1937 |
April 1937 |
| Major General David L. Stone
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April 1937 |
Jan 1940 |
| Major General Daniel Van
Voorhis |
Jan 1940 |
Sept 1941 |
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| 1941-1947
Commanding
General, CARIBBEAN
DEFENSE COMMAND - Quarry Heights, Canal Zone |
| Lieutenant General Daniel Van Voorhis |
Feb
1941 |
Sept
1941 |
| Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews
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Sept 1941 |
Nov 1942 |
| Lieutenant General George H. Brett |
Nov
1942 |
Oct
1945 |
| Lieutenant General Willis D.
Crittenberger |
Oct 1945 |
Nov 1947 |
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2005
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Quarry Heights -- Headquarters
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Panama Canal Department through the U.S. Southern Command, until September
1997 when the Southern Command Headquarters moved to Miami, Florida.
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