A website dedicated to the history of the 106th Infantry Division during WWII. Offers history, research, remembrance and guided tours of the Battlefield of the Golden Lions.
THE COMMANDERS
On this page you can find an overview of the various commanding officers of the 106th Infantry Division, its organic and attached units. Short biographies are available for these individuals.
General Officers


Herbert T. Perrin

Donald A. Stroh

Francis A. Woolfley

Leo T. McMahon
General Staff Officers

William C. Baker Jr.

Max J. Roadruck
Max James Roadruck was born on 29 September 1909 in Indiana. He joined the service on 10 July 1936 and was later commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Field Artillery. He graduated from the General Staff College in 1943 and was appointed as G-1 Officer in the 106th Infantry Division, a position which he would hold for the duration of the war. He died on 29 November 1987.
Decorations: LOM with Oak Leaf Cluster, BSM

Milton S. Glatterer
Milton Skerrett Glatterer was born on 8 September 1909 in New Jersey. He graduated from West Point as a member of the Class of 1932. He was promoted to Lt. Colonel in September 1940. During WWII he served with the 1st Armored Division before becoming Division G-4 Officer for the 106th in 1943. He retired with the rank of Colonel and died on 20 January 2000 in San Antonio, Texas.
Decorations: LOM with Oak Leaf Cluster, BSM with Oak Leaf Cluster.

John R. Kimmell Jr.
John Robert Kimmell Junior was born on 6 August 1911 in Virginia. He graduated from West Point as a member of the class of 1933. He attended the Infantry School and the Naval War College. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on 12 January 1943. On 18 February 1945 he was appointed as Divisional G-3 Officer when Lt. Colonel Brock reported for service with the 424th Infantry Regiment. He died on 21 February 1977.
Decorations: LOM
Regimental Commanders

George L. Descheneaux Jr.
George Louis Descheneaux Junior was born on 30 November 1908 in Massachussets. He graduated from West Point as a member of the Class of 1932. Before joining the 106th Division in April 1944, Descheneaux had served with the US Fifth Army in Italy as a liaison officer. Descheneaux first served as the 106th Division G-3 Officer and later took command of the 422nd Infantry Regiment. He surrendered the remnants of his Regiment on 19 December 1944 near Laudesfeld, Germany. As a prisoner of warn in Oflag 79 he contracted TB, for which he was medically discharged from the Army in 1946. He died on 14 July 1984 and was buried at the West Point Post Cemetery.
Decorations: BSM

Charles C. Cavender

Alexander D. Reid
Artillery Battalion Commanders

Thomas P. Kelly Jr.
After the war kelly returned to his father’s law practice in Tampa, Florida and continued to practice trial law for fifty-six more years until his 92nd birthday. Colonel Kelly died on 5 August 2008 and was buried at the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Tampa.
Decorations: BSM

Vaden M. Lackey

Philip F. Hoover

Richard E. Weber Jr.
Supporting units

Thomas J. Riggs, Jr.

Last updated 18 July 2016