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Charles H. Fore..............Mar 62 – (?).........................First Battalion CO for 1st MI Bn (ARS)A.J. Deprez..........................before October 1962 - after June 1963Tsutomu Matsumoto.......24 Sep 63 - 9 Jun 64John Betz......................MM/YY - Aug 64...................Acting COMichael Tymchak............Aug 64 – Dec 66...................Took the Battalion to VietnamEugene Kelley Jr.............Nov 66 – Jun 67Anthony F. Matta...........Jun 67 – Mar 68Jerry G. Wetherill............Mar 68 – Dec 68James M. Myers.............Dec 68 – Oct 69Albert F. P. Jones...........Oct 69 – Oct 70William I. Ames Jr...........Oct 70 – Sep 71James W. Higdon............Sep 71 – Apr 72.....................Last CO in VietnamThomas W. Fuller............Apr 72 – May 72Albert W. Hamel.............May 72 – Jun 74James D. Canfield...........Jun 74 – Dec 75Michael L. O’Kane...........Dec 75 – Jun 77George C. Campbell........Jun 77 – Nov 78John (Tony) Lackey........Nov 78 – Jun 80Billy Rea.......................Jun 80 – Summer 81................Died of heartattack during commandPhilip R. Harper..............Summer 81 – Jul 82.................CO when Bn was inactivatedBill Shaver....................Apr 83 - 1985.........................First CO of 1st MI Bn (AE)George Spiczak.............1985 - 1987Dave Cowley.................1987 - 1990Jerry Pooley..................1990 - 1992Butch Erickson..............1992 - 1994Jim Boland....................1994 - 1996Steve Nicholas..............1996 - 1998Vern Campbell...............1998 - 2000Danny Durham...............2000 - 2001Dan Godfrey..................2002 - 2004Michael Popovich...........2004 - 2006Neil Hersey...................2006 - 2008Michael Huston..............2008 - 8/2010Timothy B. Brown...........8/2010 - Current Battalion Commander
When I took command of MIBARS, Major John Betz was the ACTING Commander. The appointed commander that I relieved was a Major with a Japanese name who left a month or two before I arrived.. To the best of my knowledge, Major Betz was never appointed as the MIBARS commander. He commanded the battation as an "ACTING" commander between regularly appointed commanders, but was never on written orders appointing him as the CO. –Michael Tymchak
Please note, these names and dates may not be entirely correct. We are working on a complete list, if you have any information please contact Don Skinner
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