Secretary, 2/4 Association, 2868 New Berlin Road, Jacksonville, FL 32226-1722
Well known battalion commanders of the “Magnificent Bastards:”
Lieutenant Colonel Clifton B. Cates
1 Feb 1938 – 17 May 1939
Captain Lewsi B. “Chesty” Puller
19 Jul 1940 – 26 Aug 1940
Lieutenant Colonel Paul X. Kelley
12 Feb 1966 – 6 Jul 1966
Lieutenant Colonel Carl E. Mundy, Jr.
29 Aug 1973 – 21 Aug 1974
Note: Lieutenants Colonel Cates,Kelley and Mundy went on to be Commandants of the Marine Corps
The entries appearing 21 April 1911 through 3 October 1927 are correct in listing these men as battalion commanders although the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines did no exist in its present form until Sepember 1932.
Captain William W. Low
21 Apr 1911 – 11 Jun 1911
Major William N. McKeivy
21 Apr 1914 – 17 Feb 1916
Major Melville J. Shaw
20 Feb 1916 – 5 Dec 1916
Captain Robert B. Farquharson
7 Dec 1916 – 29 Jan 1917
Major William H. Pritchett
31 Jan 1917 – 7 Mar 1917
Captain Charles F. Williams
14 May 1917 – 1 Jul 1917
Major William H. Pritchett
17 Jul 1917 – 31 Jul 1917
Major Robert B. Miller
7 Aug 1917 – 18 Sep 1917
Captain Robert B. Farquharson
4 Oct 1917 – 2 Aug 1918
Major Gerald A. Johnson
1 Sep 1921 – 14 Dec 1921
Major Adolph B. Miller
15 Dec 1924 – 19 Jun 1925
Major Francis T. Evans
20 Jun 1925 – 22 Feb 1926
Captain John Waller
23 Mar 1926 – 1 Mar 1926
Captain Theodore A. Secore
2 Mar 1926 – 19 Apr 1926
Major Benjamin A. Moeller
20 Apr 1926 – 13 Jun 1926
Major Edward M. Reno
14 Jun 1926 – 5 Jul 1926
Major Benjamin A. Moeller
6 Jul 1926 – 8 Aug 1926
Captain Theodore A. Secore
12 Aug 1926 – 27 Oct 1926
Lieutenant Colonel Ellis B. Miller
19 Feb 1926 – 3 Mar 1927
Major Edward M. Reno
4 Mar 1927 – 31 Mar 1927
Major John L. Doxey
1 Apr 1927 – 3 Oct 1927
Major Lyle H. Miller
8 Sep 1932 – 6 Mar 1934
Major Julian P. Wilcox
6 Mar 1934 – 28 Dec 1934
Lieutenant Colonel John B. Sebree
29 Dec 1934 – 30 Oct 1936
Major Raymond E. Knapp
31 Oct 1936 – 2 Nov 1936
Lieutenant Colonel Roswell Winans
3 Nov 1936 – 31 Jan 1938
Lieutenant Colonel Clifton B. Cates
1 Feb 1938 – 17 May 1939
Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. Montague
18 May 1939 – 25 Jun 1940
Major James S. Monahan
26 Jun 1940 – 18 Jul 1940
Captain Lewis B. Puller
19 Jul 1940 – 26 Aug 1940
Lieutenant Colonel Donald Curtis
27 Jul 1940 – 14 Apr 1941
Lieutenant Colonel Herman R. Anderson
14 Apr 1941 – 6 May 1942
Major John S. Messer
1 Feb 1944 – 20 Nov 1944
Lieutenant Colonel Reynolds H. Hayden
21 Nov 1944 – 26 May 1945
Major Edgar F. Carney Jr.
27 May 1945 – 30 Jan 1946
Lieutenant Colonel John G. Johnson
8 Mar 1946 – 12 Apr 1946
Major Jeff P. Overstreet
13 Apr 1946 – 21 Apr 1946
Lieutenant Colonel John E. Weber
22 Apr 1946 – 5 Aug 1946
Lieutenant Colonel Edwin C. Godbold
6 Aug 1946 – 15 Aug 1946
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore F. Beeman
16 Aug 1946 – 12 Oct 1946
Lieutenant Colonel Fredrick Belton
19 Oct 1946 – 10 Jul 1947
Lieutenant Colonel James C. Murray Jr.
11 Jul 1947 – 1 Sep 1947
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon E. Hendricks
2 Sep 1947 – 17 Nov 1947
Lieutenant Colonel George C. Ryffel
30 Oct 1952 – 11 Jul 1953
Lieutenant Colonel George M. Dawes
12 Jul 1953 – 23 Jan 1954
Lieutenant Colonel George P. Wolf Jr.
24 Jan 1954 – 10 Jul 1954
Major George W. McHenry
11 Jul 1954 – 12 Jul 1954
Lieutenant Colonel James T. Kisgen
13 Jul 1954 – 7 Jan 1955
Lieutenant Colonel Frank H. Vogel Jr.
8 Jan 1955 – 7 Jun 1955
Major Paul M. Moriarty
8 Jun 1955 –26 Jul 1955
Major Arthur W. Zimmerman
27 Jul 1955 – 21 Mar 1956
Lieutenant Colonel Alex H. Sawyer
22 Mar 1956 – 16 Jul 1956
Lieutenant Colonel Quintin A. Bradley
17 Jul 1956 – 1 Jul 1957
Major Leo V. Gross
2 Jul 1957 – 13 Jul 1957
Lieutenant Colonel Foster C. LaHue
14 Jun 1957 – 15 Aug 1958
Lieutenant Colonel John S. Hudson
16 Aug 1958 – 15 Jun 1959
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore D. Hess
16 Jun 1959 – 24 Jul 1959
Lieutenant Colonel Roy H. Thompson
25 Jul 1959 – 31 May 1960
Major Don H. Blanchard
1 Jun 1960 – 25 Jul 1960
Lieutenant Colonel Richard L. Kuhn
26 Jul 1960 – 6 Feb 1962
Lieutenant Colonel Carrol D. Rowe
7 Feb 1962 – 11 Jun 1962
Lieutenant Colonel William N. Draper
12 Jun 1962 – 4 May 1963
Major Ralph M. Head
5 May 1963 – 10 Sep 1963
Lieutenant Colonel Donald T. Doxey
11 Sep 1963 – 3 Jun 1964
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph R. Fisher
4 Jun 1964 – 16 Oct 1965
Lieutenant Colonel Rodolfo L. Travino
17 Oct 1965 – 21 Feb 1966
Lieutenant Colonel Paul X. Kelley
22 Feb 1966 – 6 Jul 1966
Lieutenant Colonel Arnold E. Bench
7 Jul 1966 – 15 Jul 1967
Major Wells Field III
16 Jul 1967 – 18 Jul 1967
Lieutenant Colonel James W. Hammond Jr.
19 Jul 1967 – 27 Oct 1967
Lieutenant Colonel William Weise
28 Oct 1967 – 2 May 1968
Major Charles W. Knapp
3 May 1968 – 5 May 1968
Lieutenant Colonel Louis A. Rann
6 May 1968 – 30 Sep 1968
Major John E. O’Neill
1 Oct 1968 – 14 Oct 1968
Major William L. Kent
15 Oct 1968 – 11 Nov 1968
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph E. Hopkins
12 Nov 1968 – 6 May 1969
Lieutenant Colonel William C. Britt
7 May 1969 – 6 Sep 1969
Lieutenant Colonel Donald J. Garrett
7 Sep 1969 – 10 Mar 1970
Lieutenant Colonel Michael J. Gott
11 Mar 1970 – 31 Aug 1970
Major John M. Keenan
1 Sep 1970 – 8 Sep 1970
Lieutenant Colonel William H. Nulty
9 Sep 1970 – 19 Jul 1971
Lieutenant Colonel John Phillips
20 Jul 1971 – 24 Jun 1972
Lieutenant Colonel Robert W. Kirby
25 Jun 1972 – 24 May 1973
Lieutenant Colonel James C. Page
25 May 1973 – 28 Aug 1973
Lieutenant Colonel Carl E. Mundy Jr.
29 Aug 1973 – 21 Aug 1974
Lieutenant Colonel George P. Slade
22 Aug 1974 – 10 Jul 1975
Lieutenant Colonel Roger C. Hagerty
11 Jul 1975 – 1 Jul 1976
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas C. Dolson
2 Jul 1976 – 20 Mar 1977
Lieutenant Colonel Robert B. Alexander
21 Mar 1977 – 7 Feb 1978
Lieutenant Colonel D.E. Stout
8 Feb 1978 – 15 Jul 1978
Lieutenant Colonel J.R. Curnutt
16 Jul 1978 – 31 Jul 1978
Lieutenant Colonel J.P. Brickley
1 Aug 1978 – 30 May 1979
Lieutenant Colonel J.H. Redgate
22 Jun 1979 – 30 May 1980
Lieutenant Colonel M.E. Smith
31 May 1980 – 9 May 1981
Lieutenant Colonel J.W. Murphy
10 May 1981 – 18 Dec 1983
Lieutenant Colonel K.D. Schreiber
19 Dec 1983 – 3 Feb 1984
Lieutenant Colonel J.D. Steel
4 Feb 1984 – 11 May 1984
Lieutenant Colonel R.L. Jaehne
12 May 1984 – 10 Apr 1986
Lieutenant Colonel R.L. Carter
11 Apr 1986 – 2 Oct 1987
Lieutenant Colonel S.L. Jensen
3 Oct 1987 – 24 Mar 1989
Lieutenant Colonel R.L. Pugh
25 Mar 1989 – 30 Jun 1990
Lieutenant Colonel K.A. Conry
1 Jul 1990 – 28 Jul 1992
Lieutenant Colonel T.C. Conway
29 Jul 1992 – 11 Mar 1994
Lieutenant Colonel J.R. Allen
12 Mar 1994 – 24 Jul 1994
Lieutenant Colonel J.W. Foley
2 Sep 1994 – 22 Dec 1994
Lieutenant Colonel J.L. Durant
23 Dec 1994 – 6 Jun 1997
Lieutenant Colonel P.A. Hand
7 Jun 1997 – 13 Jul 1999
Lieutenant Colonel R. F. Baczkowski
14 Jul 1999 – 12 Apr 2001
Lieutenant Colonel Andrew H. Schlaepfer
13 Apr 2001 – 18 Jan 2003
Lieutenant Colonel Andrew R. MacMannis
19 Jan 2003 – 30 May 2003
Lieutenant Colonel Paul J. Kennedy
31 May 2003 – 14 Jan 2005
Lieutenant Colonel James F. Glynn
15 Jan 2005 – 20 Jun 2007
Lieutenant Colonel Christian F. Wortman
21 Jun 2007 – 14 Nov 2008
Lieutenant Colonel Andrew G. Wilcox
15 Nov 2008 – Jul 2010
Lieutenant Colonel William H. Vivian
Jul 2010 – 22 Jun 2012
Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. Weiler
23 Jun 2012 – 7 Mar 2014
Lieutenant Colonel Mike F. Wilonsky
8 Mar 2014 – 25 Jun 2015
Lieutenant Colonel Brian D. Greene
26 Jun 2015 – 20 Jan 2017
Lieutenant Colonel Warren C. Cook, Jr.
21 Jan 2017 – 24 Jan 2019
Lieutenant Colonel Patrick B. Byrne
25 Jan 2019 – 31 Jan 2021
Lieutenant Colonel Jared L. Reddinger
1 Feb 2021 – 24 Jul 2023
Lieutenant Colonel Patrick C. Holland
Jul 2023 – 11 Jun 2025
Lieutenant Colonel Matthew T Perry
12 Jun 2025 –