Dates                Names                                                            Unit              1849          Colonel Benjamin Clinton Ferris            9th Regiment (1st Irish Regiment) 1851          Colonel Charles S. Roe                            69th Regiment (2d Irish Regiment) 1852          Colonel Thomas Francis Meagher        75th Regiment (4th Irish Regiment) 1853          Colonel Michael Doheny                        75th Regiment             1854-57     Colonel James R. (B) Ryan                      69th Regiment NYSM 1857-61     Colonel Michael Corcoran                      69th Regiment NYSM                                                                   1862-62     Colonel  Robert Nugent                          69th Regt NYSV 1862          Colonel Mathew Murphy                       69th NYNG Artillery/182d Infantry 1862          Colonel James Kelly                                 69th Regiment NYSV 1863-64     Colonel Mathew Murphy                       69th Regiment NYNG 1863          Colonel James E. McGee                         69th Regt NYSV 1865          Colonel James J. Smith                            69th Regt NYSV 1865          LTC John Coonan                                    69th NYNG Artillery/182d Infantry 1866          Colonel Martin McMahon                      69th Regiment NYNG 1867-93     Colonel James Cavanaugh                      69th Regiment NYNG 1893-98     Colonel George Moore-Smith                 69th Regiment NYNG 1898-1910 Colonel Edward Duffy                             69th Regiment NYNG 1910-16     Colonel Louis D Conley                          69th Regiment NYNG 1916-17   Colonel William N. Haskell                     165th Infantry Regiment 1917-18   Colonel Charles D. Hine                          165th Infantry Regiment                                                                1917         Colonel John J. Phalen                            69th Regiment New York Guard 1918         Colonel John W. Barker                          165th Infantry Regiment                              1918         Colonel  Frank R. McCoy                       165th Infantry Regiment 1918         Colonel Harry D. Mitchell                      165th Infantry Regiment 1918-19    Colonel Charles R. Howland                 165th Infantry Regiment                                                               1919         Colonel William J. Donovan                  165th Infantry Regiment                                                               1919-27    Colonel John J. Phalen                           165th Infantry Regiment 1927-34    Colonel William J. Costigan                  165th Infantry Regiment                        1934-38    Colonel Alexander E. Anderson           165th Infantry Regiment                                                              1938-40   Colonel John J Mangan                          165th Infantry Regiment 1940-43   Colonel Gardiner Conroy (KIA)             165th Infantry Regiment                                                              1943-45   Colonel Gerard W. Kelly                         165th Infantry Regiment                                                               1944-45   Colonel Joseph Hart                                165th Infantry Regiment 1947-49   Colonel Martin H Meaney                      165th Infantry Regiment 1945-47   Colonel William Cavanaugh                   69th Regiment New York Guard 1949-57   Colonel Martin H. Foerey                       165th Infantry Regiment 1957-62   Colonel William Lynch                            165th Infantry Regiment 1962-3     Colonel Alfred S. Byrne                          165th Infantry Regiment Reorganized and re-designated 15 April 1963 as the 69th Infantry to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions                                                                                                                                                              1963-64   LTC John McCarthy                                1st Bn 69th Infantry Regiment 1963-68   LTC William Klauz                                   2d Bn 69th Infantry Regiment 1964-66   LTC Dominick Pellicio                             1st Bn 69th Infantry Regiment 1966-72   LTC Charles Shea                                    1st Bn Infantry Regiment 1968-72   LTC Joseph A. Healey                           2d Bn 69th Infantry Regiment 1972-75   LTC Joseph Fleming                               1st Bn 69th Infantry Regiment 1972-75   LTC John O. Santelli                               2d Bn 69th Infantry Regiment 1975 2d Bn 69th Infantry Regiment disbanded 1975-79   LTC John Regan                                      1st Bn 69th Infantry Regiment 1979-81    LTC John Walsh                                     1st Bn 69th Infantry Regiment 1981-84   LTC Mc Kenna                                         1st Bn 69th Infantry Regiment 1984-86   LTC Gregory Haven                                 1st Bn 69th Infantry Regiment 1986-89   LTC John Gundy                                      1st Bn 69th Infantry Regiment 1989-92   LTC Robert Hutter                                   1st Bn 69th Infantry Regiment Reorganized to Air Defense Artillery 1992-95    LTC Frank Riggio                                   1st Bn 69th Regt Air Defense Artillery 1995-98    LTC Russell Vernon                               1st Bn 69th Regt Air Defense Artillery 1998 Reorganized to Infantry 1998-00   LTC Benny Lum                                      1st Bn 69th Infantry Regiment 2000-05   LTC Jeffrey Slack                                    1st Bn 69th Infantry Regiment 2005-09   LTC Charles Crosby                               1st Bn 69th Infantry Regiment 2009-10   LTC John Andonie                                 1st Bn 69th Infantry Regiment                                                                                                                                                                                          Honorary Colonels of the Regiment                                                                                                                             Martin H. Foery, (Deceased) Major General, Honorary Colonel of the Regiment                    Joseph A. Healey, (Deceased) Major General, Honorary Colonel of the Regiment                  Robert Hutter, LTC, NYARNG, Retired, Honorary Colonel of the Regiment