Command (FRAC). Commanders Major General John R. Hodge (9 April 1944 – 15 August 1948) Major General John B. Coulter (1948-9) Lt. General Richard Stilwell (1968–9) Maj. General Melvin Zais (1969–70) Lt. General James W. Sutherland (1970–1) Lt. Gen. Welborn G. Dolvin (1971-2) Deputy commanders Major General Raymond G. Davis (March 1968 - May 1968) Major General Clifford B. Drake (May 1968 - June 1969) Major General Edwin B. Wheeler (June 1969 - April 1970) Major General George S. Bowman Jr. (April 1970 - August 1970) Chiefs of Staff Brigadier General Crump Garvin (1944–46) Brigadier General Oliver B. Patton (1968–71) Artillery commanders Brigadier General Arthur M. Harper (1944 - 44) Brigadier General Josef R. Sheetz (1944–45) Chief Engineer Brigadier General Frederic B. Butler (1947) Notes References Stanton, Shelby, Vietnam Order of Battle, 24 South West Pacific theatre of World War II Leyte Leyte Military units and formations of the United States Army in the Vietnam War 24 Military units and formations established in 1944 Military units and formations disestablished in 1972