The 3rd Armored Division had thirty-nine commanders over the course of its history, many of whom went on to obtain four star rank.

• MG Alvan Cullom Gillem, Jr. (April 1941 – January 1942)

• MG Walton Harris Walker (January 1942 – August 1942)

• MG Leroy H. Watson (August 1942 – August 1944)

• MG Maurice Rose † (August 1944 – March 1945)

• BG Doyle O. Hickey (March 1945 – June 1945)

• BG Truman Everett Boudinot (June 1945 – July 1945)

• BG Frank A. Allen, Jr. (July 1945)

• MG Robert W. Grow (July 1945 – November 1945)

• MG Ray T. Maddocks (July 1947 – April 1948)

• MG Roderick R. Allen (April 1948 – June 1950)

• BG Raymond E. S. Williamson (June 1950 – February 1951)

• MG Ira Platt Swift (February 1951 – July 1951)

• BG Arthur R. Walk (July 1951 – October 1951)

• BG Raymond E. S. Williamson (October 1951 – November 1952)

• BG John T. Cole (November 1952 – December 1952)

• MG Richard W. Stevens (December 1952 – January 1954)

• MG Gordon Byrom Rogers (January 1954 – April 1955)

• MG John Murphy Willems (April 1955 – July 1956)

• MG Robert W. Porter, Jr. (July 1956 – January 1958)

• MG Thomas Fraley Van Natta III (January 1958 – July 1959)

• MG Frederic J. Brown (July 1959 – October 1960)

• MG Creighton Abrams (October 1960 – May 1962)

• MG John Ramsey Pugh (May 1962 – February 1964)

• MG Berton E. Spivy, Jr. (February 1964 – March 1965)

• MG Walter T. Kerwin, Jr. (March 1965 – October 1966)

• MG Welborn G. Dolvin (October 1966 – April 1968)

• MG Donald H. Cowles (April 1968 – August 1969)

• MG Morgan G. Roseborough (August 1969 – May 1971)

• MG William R. Kraft, Jr. (May 1971 – March 1973)

• MG Jonathan R. Burton (March 1973 – June 1975)

• MG Charles J. Simmons (June 1975 – November 1977)

• MG Wallace H. Nutting (November 1977 – September 1979)

• MG Walter F. Ulmer, Jr. (September 1979 – February 1982)

• MG Thurman E. Anderson (February 1982 – March 1984)

• MG Richard G. Graves (March 1984 – June 1986)

• MG Thomas N. Griffin, Jr. (June 1986 – March 1988)

• MG George Joulwan (March 1988 – July 1989)

• MG Paul E. Funk (July 1989 – April 1991)

• MG Jerry R. Rutherford (April 1991 – February 1992)

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Armored_Division_(United_States)#Commanders

3D Armored Division Association Website

3AD info on Wikipedia