49th Armored Division (United States)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=49th Armored Division


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dates= 1947 - 2004
country=USA
allegiance=United States of America
branch=Army National Guard
type=Division
role=Armor
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garrison=Camp Mabry
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nickname="Lone Star"
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anniversaries=US Armor
previous=20th Armored Division ("Inactive")
next=50th Armored Division ("Inactive")

The 49th Armored Division —nicknamed the Lone Star— was one of two armored divisions of the United States Army National Guard, redesignated from the 36th Infantry Division (the "T-Patchers") after World War II, and organised and federally recognized on February 24, 1947.

History

The 49th was ordered to active federal service in October 1961 at Dallas and reverted to state control in August 1962. The 49th was deactivated in 1968 and re-organised into three separate brigades, the 36th, 71st and 72d. The division was reactivated on November 1, 1973, with its headquarters at Camp Mabry, Austin, Texas.

On July 18, 2004 the division was re-flagged and again designated as the 36th Infantry Division. Prior to its redesignation, the 49th was capstoned to the U.S. Army III Corps and stood as the only fully functional, reserve component, armored division in the U.S. Army. (The 50th Armored Division in the north eastern states had been eliminated by consolidation with the 42d Infantry Division in the early 1990s.)

Commanders

Start Date End Date Commander
*7/2/1946 6/5/1947 MG Richard B. Dunbar
*6/6/1947 10/31/1958 MG Albert S. Johnson
*11/1/1958 10/13/1959 MG Clayton P. Kerr
*10/14/1959 6/30/1961 MG John L. Thompson Jr.
*7/1/1961 3/31/1964 MG Harley B. West
*4/1/1964 5/31/1967 MG Luther E. Orrick
*6/1/1967 1/14/1968 MG James D. Scott
*11/1/1973 10/31/1976 MG James L. Moreland
*11/1/1976 11/2/1979 MG Delmer L. Nichols
*11/3/1979 10/31/1982 MG John B. Garrett
*11/1/1982 11/1/1984 MG Elmer L. Stephens
*11/2/1984 2/20/1985 MG James T. Dennis
*2/21/1985 11/12/1987 MG James B. McGoodwin
*11/13/1987 5/22/1989 MG Charles H. Kone
*5/23/1989 8/23/1992 MG Don O. Daniel
*8/24/1992 9/25/1995 MG Wm. Edgar Murphy
*9/26/1995 9/30/1998 MG Frederico Lopez III
*9/30/1998 3/23/2002 MG Robert L. Halverson
*3/23/2002 5/1/2004 MG Michael Taylor
*division deactivated and replaced by the 36th Inf. Div.

Command Sgt Majors

* CSM Wilfred Martin
* CSM Jim Merritt
* CSM Mikeal Graham
* CSM Don Steelhammer
* CSM Donnie Strickland
* CSM Bobby Adams
* CSM Roger Brownlee

External links

* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/49ar-div.htm GlobalSecurity.org: 49th Armored Division]