Lieutenant Colonel Morency R. Dame was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 16 December 1960, class number 189. His first duty assignment was as Infantry Instructor, Headquarters, Signal Corps Training Center, Camp Crowder, Missouri. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Rifle Platoon Leader, Co K, 259th Inf, 65th Inf Div, Camp Shelby, Mississippi; Rifle Platoon Leader and Regiment Operations and Training Officer, Co A, 359th Inf, 90th Inf Div, European Theater of Operations; Act Co Cmdr; Special Service Officer, Headquarters, 4th Armored Div; Adjutant - Personnel Officer, Headquarters, 3d Constabulary Bde, Stuttgart, Germany; Instructor Teaching Methods, 9th Inf Div, Fort Dix, New Jersey; Training Officer, Troop Info & Education Officer, 9th Inf Div, Fort Dix, New Jersey; Post TI&E Officer, Headquarters, Fort Jay, New York, Governors Island, New York; Executive Officer, 1st U.S. Army I&E Section, Headquarters, 1st U.S. Army, Governors Island, New York; Company Commander, C Co, 32d Inf, 7th Inf Div, Korea; O&T Officer, Ranger Dept, USAIS, Fort Benning, Georgia; Secretary, Adjutant, 7th U.S. Army NCO Academy, Bad Toelz, Germany; Deputy Dept Director, Dept of Non-Resident Instr, USAIS, Fort Benning, Georgia; Mountain Ranger Camp - Commanding, Ranger Dept, USAIS, Dahlonega, Georgia. | Lieutenant Colonel Dame's awards and decorations include: Korean Presidential Unit Citation; Ranger Tab; 5 Campaign Stars; Distinguished Unit Citation; CIB w/star; Purple Heart w/2 Oak Leaf Cluster; Army Commendation Medal w/ Oak Leaf Cluster; Bronze Star w/V and w/1 Oak Leaf Cluster.