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Past Battalion Sergeants Major of 2/4

Note: If anyone knows the names and/or respective dates of those who served as the Sergeant Major of 2/4 at any time, please submit same to the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines Association Secretary.  Contact us here.

Sergeant Major Hughes
? 1964 ?
Sergeant Major Francis Kent
?
Sergeant Major Charles Awkerman
? Aug 1965 – ?
Sergeant Major Dwight E. Lewis
? 1967 – ?
Sergeant Major John Malnar
Sep 1967- KIA ? 2 May 1968
Sergeant Major Charles Otto
? [did he serve in the interim after Malnar was killed?]
Sergeant Major Capazolli
? – Oct 1968
Sergeant Major Yoder
? Oct 1974 – ? 1975
Sergeant Major S.B. Moyer
? –  7 Sep 1978

(Sergeants Major names first appeared in command chronologies Jan-Jun 1978)

Sergeant Major Ado Mobley Jr.
7 Feb 1978 – 6 Mar 1979
Sergeant Major R. Hendrix
6 Mar 1979 – 21 Feb 1980
Sergeant Major Larry E. Craig
22 Feb 1980 – ? Feb 1980
Sergeant Major R.H. Gaul
? 1980 – 6 Apr 1981
Sergeant Major Robert Wayhoff
7 Apr 1981 – ? 1983
Sergeant Major Lewis G. Lee
? 1983 – 14 Nov 1985

(Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Nov 1995 – Nov 1999)

Sergeant Major Dossy B. Felts
15 Nov 1985 – 15 Jul 1987
Sergeant Major Larry W. Kester
16 Jul 1987 – 6 Mar 1989
Sergeant Major Harold H. Hofer
7 Mar 1989 – 20 Dec 1990
Sergeant Major Melvin D. Turner
21 Dec 1990 – 4 Sep 1992
Sergeant Major Jack W. Neuber
5 Sep 1992 – 16 Sep 1993
Sergeant Major James T. Chiehowsky
17 Sep 1993 – ? 1994
Sergeant Major Larry D. Snyder
? 1994 – ? 1995
Sergeant Major Earnest Matkin
? 1995 – 8 Sep 1995
Sergeant Major Gregory Leal
9 Sep 1995 – ?

(Sergeants Major not included in staff lists Jan 1998 – Jun 2001)

Sergeant Major M. Larry Lambert
? – ? 2001
Sergeant Major Douglas L. Wiley
? 2001 – 10 Apr 2002
Sergeant Major Robert E. Howard
10 Apr 2002 – 30 Jun 2003
Sergeant Major James E. Booker
1 Jul 2003 – 31 Dec 2004
Sergeant Major Joseph J. Ellis
1 Jan 2005 – 7 Feb 2007

(Feb 2007 KIA in Iraq by a suicide bomber)

Sergeant Major Darryl J. Sisneros
13 Mar 2007 – 12 Sep 2008
Sergeant Major Mark A. Massey
13 Sep 2008 – 30 Jun 2009
Sergeant Major Rickey V. Jackson
1 Jul 2009 – 7 Jan 2011
Sergeant Major Donald K. Williams
7 Jan 2011 – ? 2012
Sergeant Major Gary T. Bow
28 Sep 2012 – 23 May 2014
Sergeant Major Mike L. Bolyard
23 May 2014 – 30 Sep 2015
Sergeant Major Rafael C. Vargas
1 Oct 2015 – 20 Jul 2017
Sergeant Major Jose H. Molina
20 Jul 2017 – 11 Jul 2019
Sergeant Major Ruben Soto, Jr.
12 Jul 2019 – 5 Feb 2022
Sergeant Major Larry D. Crumpton
5 Feb 2022 – Present
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The 2/4 Association is a tax exempt 501(c)(19) veterans organization (Tax EIN 31-1720488) formed to operate and administer members and former members of the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, United States Marine Corps (The “Magnificent Bastards”). This includes all personnel having been attached or assigned to the Battalion during its inception in 1911. Others may join as discussed in the Association Bylaws.
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