Puerto Rico's 

                            ..............65th Infantry Regiment

U.S. Army

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FORMER COMMANDING OFFICERS

PORTO RICAN BATALION VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

PORTO RICAN REGIMENT U.S. VOLUNTEERS

Lt Col James A Buchanan - Feb 20, 1900 - June 30, 1901

PORTO RICAN PROVISIONAL Regiment of INFANTRY

Lt Col James A Buchanan - July 1,1901 - Sept 24, 1903 

Lt Col Charles J Crane - Sept 25, 1903 - Sept 3,1905
Lt Col Robert K Baily - Sept 4, 1905 - March 18, 1908
Lt Col Richard R Wilson - March 19, 1903 - June 30, 1908

PORTO RICAN REGIMENT OF INFANTRY

Lt Col Richard R Wilson - July 1 1903 - Feb 1, 1909
Lt Col Robert M Howze * - Feb 2, 1909 - July 26, 1912
Lt Col L. M. Koeler - July 27, 1912 - Jan 21, 1914
Lt Col Andre W Brewster * - Jan 22, 1914 - Oct 1, 1914
Lt Col William P Burnham - Oct 2, 1914 - June 16, 1917
Col Edward R Christman * - June 17, 1917 - July 10, 1918
Lt Col Edwin J Griffith - July 11, 1918 - Dec 23, 1918
Lt Col Orval P Townsend - Dec 24, 1918 - March 31, 1919
Col Edward R Christman * - April 1, 1919 - May 13, 1919
Col Melville S Jarvis - May 14, 1919 - Sept 7, 1920

SIXTY FIFTH INFANTRY

Col Melville S Jarvis - Sept 8, 1920 - May 5 , 1922
Col Tenney Rose - May 6, 1922 - Jan 31, 1925
Lt Col Samuel W Noyes - Feb 1, 1925 - June 14, 1925
Col George H Estes * - June 15, 1925 - April 23, 1928
Major Frank L Purdon - April 24, 1928 - June 5, 1928
Col George W Helms - June 6, 1928 - May 26, 1931
Major Leopoldo Mercader - May 27, 1931 - July 12, 1931
Col George L Byroade - July 13, 1931 - July 6, 1934
Col Otis R Cole - July 7, 1934 - May 20, 1936
Col John R Mendenhall - Nov 4, 1941 - Nov 24, 1943
Col Antulio Segarra **  - Nov 25, 1943 - June 21, 1944
Col Paul G Daly ** - June 22, 1944 - Dec 5, 1944
Lt Col Salvador T Roig ** - Dec 6, 1944 - Dec 13, 1944
Col George B Ford ** - Dec 14, 1944 - Jan 4, 1945
Lt Col V. R. Miller ** - Jan 5, 1945 - Jan 17, 1945
Col Robert B Pansom ** - Jan 18, 1945 - Feb 24, 1945
Lt Col Wilson P Colberg ** - Feb 25, 1945 - March 8, 1945
Lt Col Salvador T Ruig ** - March 9, 1945 - July 5 , 1945
Lt Col Cesar A Cordero ** - July 6, 1945 - Aug 1, 1945
Col Salvador T Ruig ** - Aug 2, 1945 - Dec 16, 1945
Lt Col Maurice F Brothers - Dec 17, 1945 - April 7, 1946
Col Carlisle B Wilson - April 8, 1946 - Dec 8, 1946
Col Harry R Simmons Dec 9, 1946 -

* Have attained General Grade
** Commanding Officers in Theator of Operations.

The following officers have been temporarily in command of the Regiment
during absence of the Commanding Officers.

Major Charles E Coates - Aug 22, 1923 - Sept 9, 1923
Lt Col Walter C Short * - July 8, 1926 - July 16, 1926
Lt Col John S Upham - Jan 4, 1929 - Feb 3, 1929
Major Leopoldo Mercader - May 27, 1931 - July 12, 1931
Lt.Col M.B. Navas - Oct 4, 1940 - Oct 17, 1940
Lt Col Carl L Cronkhite - April 13, 1946 - April 26, 1946

BIOGRAPHY OF THE LAST COMMANDIN OFFICER
COLONEL CARLISLE B WILSON

Colonel Wilson was born 11 October 1892 at Greenville , North Carolina. A graduate of West Point on August 30, 1917. Married to Mrs Madeline B Wilson. Has three children ; Carl B, Ernest and Nicholas. During his many years of service, has served in the United States, Turkey, Hawai, Germany and PuertoRico. During the last war served in the European
Theater of Operations. Has attended courses at Fort Benning, Georgia and Fort Leavonworth, Kansas.

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