505 PANTHER ASSOCIATION
ELECTED OFFICERS:
President
MSG (R) Mike Oesch
Vice President
Sergeant at Arms
Business & Tax Advisor
Allen E. Schoppe
Secretary
SGM (R) Jeff Briggs
Treasurer
Victor Mitchell
Quartermaster
Bert Schmitz
Historian
Tim McCoy
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Commanding Officer
COL Arthur Sellers
Honorary Colonel of Regiment
LTG (R) James Johnson
Representing 555 PIB
Wheeler Small
Representing 505 RCT
Joseph Schwan
Command Sergeant Major
CSM Reese W. Teakall
Honorary CSM of Regiment
CSM (R) Ted Gaweda
Representing Golden Brigade
Paddy Barry
Past President
Ed Herlihy
Active Duty Liaison Officer
ADVISORS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
1/505 PIR
1/319 AFAR
307 BEB
3 Bde S-3
2/505 PIR
5/73 CAV
CSM Walter E. Kirk, Jr.
82 BSB
1/508
CURRENT COMMANDING OFFICERS AND CSM'S OF THE 3rd BRIGADE
Commanding Officer
COL Arthur Sellers
Command Sergeant Major
CSM Kenneth B. Johnson
Plans Sergeant Major
1 Panther
2 Panther
5/73rd
CSM Walter E. Kirk, Jr.
1/319th
BSB
307 BEB
1/508
FORMER COMMANDING OFFICERS
OF THE 3rd BRIGADE
6 July 42 - 2 Oct 43
2 Oct 43 - 20 Mar 44
22 Mar 44 - 13 Sep 47
13 Sep 47 - 15 Sep 47
15 Sep 47 - 31 July 50
13 July 50 - 16 Oct 50
16 Oct 50 - 5 Nov 51
5 Nov 51 - 1 April 52
1 May 52 - 1 July 52
16 July 52 - 12 Sep 53
12 Sep 53 - 15 Sep 54
15 Sep 54 - 25 Mar 55
25 Mar 55 - 1 Aug 57
1 Aug 57 - 13 Sep 57
13 Sep 57 - 1 July 58
2 July 58 - 1 Sep 59
1 Sep 59 - 1 July 61
1 Jul 61 - 1 Dec 62
1 Dec 62 - 1 Jun 63
1 Jun 63 - 1 May 64
25 May 64 - 31 Aug 64
31 Aug 64 - 30 July 65
30 July 65 - 30 July 66
30 July 66 - 23 Sep 66
23 Sep 66 - 12 Feb 68
1 Feb 68 - 1 Dec 68
17 Dec 68 - 11 Dec 69
11 Dec 69 - 15 Dec 69
15 Dec 69 - 29 Jun 7
29 Jun 70 - 31 Jan 72
31 Jan 72 - 31 Jul 73
31 Jul 73 - 13 Jun 75
13 Jun 75 - 16 Dec 76
16 Dec 76 - 8 Sept 78
8 Sept 78 - 9 Jul 80
9 Jul 80 - 2 Jun 83
2 Jun 83 - 11 Jun 85
11 Jun 85 - 7 Sept 89
8 Sept 89 - 9 Aug 91
9 Aug 91 - 8 Jul 93
8 Jul 93 - 7 Jul 95
8 Jul 95 - 1 Jul 97
1 Jul 97 - 3 Jun 99
3 Jun 99 - 26 Jun 01
27 Jun 1 - 26 Jan 03
26 Jan 3 - 19 Apr 05
19 Apr 5 - 24 Jan 8
24 Jan 8 - 17 Feb 10
17 Feb 10 - 1 Mar 12
1 Mar 12 - 17 Jun 14
17 Jun 14 - 22 May 16
22 May 16
COL James M. Gavin
LTC Herbert F. Batcheller
COL William E. Ekman
LTC John Norton
COL Thomas J.H. Trapnell
COL Dan C. Claymen
COL John D. Cone
COL Jack G. Cornett
COL Aubrey S. Newman
COL John G. Speedie
COL Melvin Zais
COL Kenneth E. Eckland
COL Ortho E. Holmes
COL Osmund A. Leahy
COL Frederick M. Oettinger, Jr.
COL Lamar Welch
COL Theodore C. Mataxis
COL Arcilelaus L. Hamblem, Jr.
COL F.S. White
COL Edwin M. Sayre
COL James Moore
COL Benton L. Austin
COL George C. Viney
COL Harry H. Pritchet
COL Raymond O. Miller
BG Alexander R. Bolling
BG George Dickerson
COL Charles Greer
COL George Atkinson
COL James H. Johnson
COL Alfred L. Sanderson
COL James J. Lindsay
COL Jarold L. Hutchison
COL Charles E. Getz
COL Arthur C. Stang, III
COL James H. Johnson, Jr.
COL James T. Scott
COL Jared L. Bates
COL Glynn W. Hale
COL Dan K. McNeill
COL John R. Schmader
COL Clyde M. Newman
COL Lloyd J. Austin, III
COL Thomas C. Maffey
COL James L. Huggins
COL Jeffrey A. Smith
COL Bryan R. Owens
COL Timothy P. McGuire
COL Carl Alex
COL Michael Fenzel
COL Curtis Buzzard
COL Gregory Beaudoin
COMMAND SERGEANTS MAJOR/SERGEANTS MAJOR OF THE 505TH PIR
SGM Edward J. Berry
SGM Albert H. Rowe
SGM George Monk
Unknown
SGM Earl S. Wemple
SGM John Pearce
SGM Robert P. Keairnes
Unknown
CSM Thomas I. Melo
CSM Hough S. Davis
CSM Tadaseuz Gaweda
CSM James Hargraves
CSM Kamper R. Watson
CSM Charles C. Scearce, Jr.
25 May 1964 - 1 Aug 1964
1 Aug 1964 - Aug 1965
Aug 1965 - 1 Sep 1966
1 Sep1966 - 1 Jul 1967
July 1967 - Nov 1967
Nov 1967 - 11 May 1968
11 May1968 - 2 Aug 1968
2 Aug 1968 - 7 Apr 1970
7 Apr 1970 - 1 Jul 1973
1 Jul 1973 - 30 May 1975
30 May 1975 - 1 Sep 1976
1 Sep 1976 - 1 Sep 1978
1 Sep 1978 - 30 Jan 1980
30 Jan 1980 - 1 Oct
1 Oct 1981 - 1 Apr 1983
1 Apr 1983 - 4 Oct 1984
4 Oct 1984 - 2 Sep 1988
2 Sep 1988 - 8 Feb 1992
8 Feb 1992 - 17 Dec
17 Dec 1992 - 23 Jun 1995
23 Jun 1995 - Jun 1999
Jun 1999 - Oct 2002
Oct 2002 - Apr 2005
Apr 2005 - Jul 2008
Jul 2008 - 10 Dec 2010
10 Dec 2010 - 2011
2012 - 2014
2014 - 2015
2015 - 2016
2016
CSM Bobby V. Teague
CSM Tadeusz Gaweda
CSM Bernabe Quinones
CSM Andrew McFowler
CSM John R. Kendall
CSM Frank J. Mantia
CSM Charlie A. Thorpe
CSM Norvel C. Turner
CSM Benjamin Burgos
CSM Bryant Lambert
CSM King O. Parks
CSM William Forro
CSM Nicholas A. Rolling
CSM Brian T. Severino
CSM Dennis Gustafson
CSM Kenneth B. Johnson